In this episode, Jake Wood speaks with Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Sara Porritt of Omnicom Media Group, a leading global media network. Sara shares her unconventional journey, from R&B singer to her current role with the mission of attaining equal representation, development, support, and retention of all underrepresented groups.

Links

Sara Porrit

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraporritt/

Groundswell

🐦 ⁠https://twitter.com/GiveGroundswell⁠

📸 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/groundswell.io/⁠

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/givegroundswell/⁠

Jake Wood

🐦 ⁠https://twitter.com/JakeWoodTR⁠

📸 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jakewoodtr/⁠

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakewoodusa/⁠

In this episode, Jake Wood speaks with Chief Communications and Impact Officer Nishant Roy of Chobani. Nishant shares his dynamic career path that lead to driving impact for the best selling yogurt company in the U.S., investing profit back into communities, and his passion for solving child hunger.

Links

Nishant Roy

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishant-roy-337a49/

Groundswell

🐦 ⁠https://twitter.com/GiveGroundswell⁠

📸 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/groundswell.io/⁠

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/givegroundswell/⁠

Jake Wood

🐦 ⁠https://twitter.com/JakeWoodTR⁠

📸 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jakewoodtr/⁠

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakewoodusa/⁠

Jake and Anthony, Chief People Officer at Suzy, Inc., chat about Suzy Inc., how to pivot as a company the right way, and how to get employees to not only adopt but take part in creating an inclusive company culture. Throughout the conversation, they share their views on the future of work, native behaviors of the internet and mobile generation, and how story-telling can be a powerful tool in inspiring people to act. Anthony Onesto is a leading expert on culture, human resources, and talent at Suzy. He focuses on driving its mission and vision around culture, talent, and human resources. Anthony founded Ella Adventures in 2015, a company that produced a comic called Ella the Engineer. The theme of the comic centralized around women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). The stories from the series inspire young women to pursue careers in tech. In 2017, he co-founded an AI-powered HR agent called ⁠KAE.ai⁠. Time Stamps 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Anthony talks more about Suzy, Inc., Pivoting from Crowd Tap. 5:50 How did the Suzy team welcome the change and get excited about the new direction? 8:58 "Your people are your strategy" - inheriting vs creating 12:12 "If people feel ownership -- co-creating environment." 12:44 Storytelling is often the most underutilized tool in a leader's toolkit. 13:33 Everyone's focused on data, but storytelling is the movement piece -- enabling human understanding. 15:57 "People don't remember data points, they remember stories." 18:44 Anthony shares his perspective on the future of work and remote vs in-person. 25:36 Why Anthony wrote Ella the Engineer 30:45 Native behaviors of the Internet and mobile generation 35:54 "It's all made up." 40:35 The story behind Ella the Engineer 47:26 How stories and television influence the next generation

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⁠https://www.theellaproject.com/⁠Anthony Onesto 🖥️ ⁠https://www.anthonyonesto.com/⁠

🐦 ⁠https://twitter.com/anthonyonesto⁠

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyonesto/⁠

Groundswell

🐦 ⁠https://twitter.com/GiveGroundswell⁠

📸 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/groundswell.io/⁠

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/givegroundswell/⁠

Jake Wood

🐦 ⁠https://twitter.com/JakeWoodTR⁠

📸 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jakewoodtr/⁠

💼 ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakewoodusa/⁠