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Seven years ago, we dropped our first episode, The Miseducation of Diversity [highly recommend re-listening with the link below], and a lot has changed, but many things have remained the same regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion within creative industries. So, we're talking about the state of DEI in a post 'George Floyd Economy', while reflecting on episode 1. But first, we hit on McCann's CCO's group chat fumble and the mispronunciation of IS-Suh Rae at CultureCon. https://soundcloud.com/ask-mixed-company/mixed-company-episode-1-div

In partnership with the Advertising Club of New York, Mixed Company Podcast is celebrating and exploring Advertising's partnership with Hip Hop during the music genre's 50th anniversary. On August 10th, Kai moderated a conversation between Dr. Charlene Thomas and Chaucer Barnes at the ADC of NY's office.

Eternal Polk is the director of the upcoming documentary Gaining Ground, produced by Al Roker and John Deere. The brand-sponsored film examines the causes, effects, and solutions to the issue of Black ownership of farmland. Eternal joins us to talk about how the film was made.

Kat Gordon is back on the pod! A few weeks ago, Kat, the founder of the 3% Movement, released a Substack article, The Rise of Introverts. In her article, Kat outlines how leadership in corporations has historically over-indexed with extroverts, but the future will see a lot of shared traits among introverts being in demand because they will fuel inclusive cultures and ground-breaking creativity.
Listen, then subscribe to her Substack to read the article https://katgordon.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

The Great Resignation gave a lot of employees the upper hand. But over the last year, the power has shifted back to employers and employees are feeling the squeeze as the job market course corrects. So now what?

Being a creative leader in a role that requires you to advocate for people who are often othered is taxing on the mental. Liv Lewis joins us to add perspective and solutions on how to maintain your peace and thrive when personal and business values don't align.