Here Comes Everyone by The Conference Bard John Brewer

For the latest episode in our occasional series featuring poets my awesome co-host Kate Jenkinson and I are joined by Shane Schick.I've known Shane for many years both through his excellent writing on Customer Experience, IT and Men's Fashion as well as his work designing and emceeing business conferences. Given what an accomplished writer he is it should have come as no surprise that he is also a wonderful poet.Shane is less of a performer than either Kate or I, but we found much commo...

I first came across Tucker and his poetry at the start of the pandemic and was blown away by the power of his imagery and the way his delivery of his words take you to whole different realm. His words create worlds.It was great to sit down with him and my co-host Kate to discuss his work - as a poet, keynote speaker and leadership guide. It's wonderful to hear about how he create work that is deeply spiritual and then puts it to practical use with business audiences.I've witnessed...

Forpartu this second episode my wonderful co-host Kate Jenkinson and I are joined by Phil Isherwood who is a Hospice Poet. In this role he spends time with patients and their families and helps them navigate their illness and final journey through writing poetry.Phil demonstrates the power of poetry in this particularly challenging environment. He speaks about the comfort his work brings and the kinds of thoughts that occupy the minds of those nearing the ends of their lives.While...

For this first proper episode of Poetry Not Powerpoint, my co-host Kate of Next Step HR are delighted to have and our guest Rashad Rayford aka Rashad Tha Poet.This is a fitting place to start our exploration of poetry and business as I first met Rashad when he opened The Conference Board's DEI event back in June 2020. It was the first time I'd included a poet/spoken word artist on a conference agenda and he immediately created an emotional engagement with the audience that carried over ...

POETRY NOT POWERPOINT is a new series of conversations published as part of the podcast Here Comes Everyone.Co-hosted by Kate Jenkinson who is an executive coach and poet, each episode will feature a guest poet. The guest will share a piece of their work as well as a poem that has inspired and influenced them.Together we will explore their approach to verse and spoken word and talk about the value that they as artists bring to their audiences particularly to businesses. As The Con...

One of Canada's most respected experts in the field of Diversity and author of The Human Equity Advantage, Peter Trevor Wilson joins us to discuss his upcoming article in Profiles in Diversity Journal.Our conversation begins with his encounter with Desmond Tutu over 20 years ago and how the Archbishop inspired a journey for Peter that continues to this day. We quickly move on to discuss Peter's work over the years and how for him diversity has always been about the unleashing of the pot...