145: Balancing Hierarchies and Equity in Organizations with Brandy Foster

About this Episode

01:17 - Brandy’s Superpower: Adaptability

02:22 - Codes of Ethics

• Facial Recognition Technology
• Fear Detection Software / Emotion Recognition
• AI "emotion recognition" can't be trusted.
• Royal Oak police stop Black man for 'looking suspiciously' at white woman
• The Fear Response to African Americans: A Summary of an fMRI Study on Amygdala Activation and Race

11:09 - The Role of Diversity and Inclusion in Solving These Problems

• Unintended Consequences
• The diversity and inclusion revolution: Eight powerful truths
• The Truth About Diverse Teams

24:18 - Balancing Hierarchies and Equity in Organizations

• The Spoken Value System Vs The Lived Value System
• Doing Meaningful Work / Showing Appreciation
• Founder and Executive Support
• Ethical HR
• Owning Up To Mistakes
• Treating Trauma of the System

50:27 - Racism and Unlearning

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Reflections:

Jamey: If you know there’s spots on your team with missing demographics, seek out those people.

John: The culture of a company comes from the top.

Rein: Helping teams work better together.

Brandy: Improving manager boards to ensure that there is accountability when moving people up in hierarchical organizations.

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