Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar is Chief People Officer for Minted.com. After
running a research lab in Silicon Valley, Jay went on to lead HR in
multiple industries and various scales, from hyper-growth start-up to
global Fortune 500, including Sun Microsystems, Taco Bell, BlackRock, Gap
and Old Navy, Starbucks, and Riot Games. Prior to his corporate career, he
received his Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of
Michigan. Jay considers himself a closet creative and maintains a weekly
writer’s group and dusty art portfolio. He is an internationally lauded
game strategist with a particularly large following in the Magic the
Gathering community. Stew and Jay talk about lessons he’s learned from
decades of experience in cultivating meaningful Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion initiatives; the disruptive impact of the pandemic…[Click for
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Jessica Calarco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University
Bloomington whose research examines inequalities in education and family
life. She’s the author of two books, A Field Guide to Grad School:
Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum and Negotiating Opportunities: How the
Middle Class Secures Advantages in Schools, which received a 2019 Scholarly
Achievement Award for Best Book by the North Central Sociological
Association. Stew and Jessica talk about her latest research, which is
about how the pandemic and its impact on childcare arrangements and
schooling is having a disparate impact on mothers, compared to fathers…[
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Carol Cone is the Founder and CEO of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE and author of
Breakthrough NonProfit Branding. Stew and Carol talk about the history of
incorporating social causes in corporate strategies…[Click for more]
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Dr. Marilyn Gist, author of The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility:
Thriving Organizations & Great Results, is an expert on leader development.
Marilyn’s academic career includes time at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill; the University of Washington, where she held the Boeing
Endowed Professorship of Business Management; and Seattle University, where
she served as Associate Dean, Professor of Management, and Executive
Director of the Center for Leadership Formation. Stew and Marilyn talk
about what it means to lead with humility and why that’s most especially
important during these tumultuous times…[Click for more]
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Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation
Chair, and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law. Joan is one of
the 10 most cited scholars in her field and has written 11 books, including
What Works for Women at Work and White Working Class. Her Harvard Business
Review article, “What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working
Class” has been read over 3.7 million times and is now the most read
article in HBR’s 90-plus year history. Stew and Joan talk about how class,
in addition to race and gender, produces dividing lines that result in
polarization and alienation; evidence-based method for interrupting biases;
and prospects for change in the upcoming Biden-Harris administration…[
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Maurice “Tony” Ewing is the CEO of Conquer Risk, a risk management and
compliance consultancy. He’s also an active columnist for Forbes and he
serves on the Executive Education faculty of the University of Cambridge.
Stew and Tony discuss how to talk about hot and potentially divisive issues
like politics and race at work…[Click for more}
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Reverend Charles “Chaz” Howard is the first-ever Vice President for Social
Equity and Community at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of
five books including most recently Pond River Ocean Rain, a collection of
brief essays about going deeper with God, and The Bottom: A Theopoetic of
the Streets, to be released on November 1, 2020. Stew and Chaz discuss the
difficulties in bridging social divides — across race, class, gender, and
other categories — and why striving to do so, especially now, is
essential…[Click for more]
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Dr. Uma Naidoo, Harvard based psychiatrist, chef, and author of This is
Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that
Fight Depression, PTSD, ADHD, OCD and More, is regarded internationally as
a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry, having founded the first
US hospital-based clinical service in this area. Uma describes to Stew, in
very practical terms, the ways that different kinds of food affect our
moods, well-being, and productivity…[Click for more]
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Dr. Dana Sumpter is an associate professor of organization theory and
management at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business. Her
research employs a cross-cultural lens in understanding social behavior at
work, studying topics including energy, mindfulness, power, work/family
enrichment, managerial systems, and work relationships. Stew and Dana
discuss her new research, with her colleague Mona Zanhour, on mothers
during the pandemic. Dana discusses best practices for working mothers,
their partners in parenting, and their employers…[Click for more]
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Professor Quinetta Roberson has over 20 years of experience teaching
courses and workshops globally on leadership, talent management and
diversity, all informed by her background in finance. She’s served as an
expert witness in employment discrimination lawsuits and provides
professional advice and guidance to for-profit and non-profit
organizations. Quintetta currently serves as President of the Academy of
Management (AOM) for 2020-2021. Stew and Quinetta discuss the benefits of
diversity, equity and inclusion (after parsing out important distinctions
among these three terms…[Click for more]
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