Explore the intricate dynamics of workplace culture, including strategies for building trust, psychological safety, and addressing cultural blind spots in organizations.
Chicago native Michael Fosberg has spoken at nearly a thousand high schools, colleges, government agencies, corporations, law firms and not-for-profits since 2005, utilizing his award winning autobiographical story, told in the form of a one-man play, as an entry point for meaningful dialogues on race and identity. He has collaborated with a number of professional diversity practitioners on programs to foster deeper dialogue in corporate settings and at educational institutions. His work with gr...
Martine Kalaw is the CEO and president of Martine Kalaw Enterprises, LLC ; a consultancy focused on learning & development, human resources, and diversity, equity & inclusion for corporations, organizations, and nonprofits. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration focusing on immigration law from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and has authored two books, Illegal Among Us: A Stateless Woman’s Quest for Citizenship and The ABCs of Diversity: A Managers Guide to Diversity, Equity, and In...
Martine Kalaw is the CEO and president of Martine Kalaw Enterprises, LLC ; a consultancy focused on learning & development, human resources, and diversity, equity & inclusion for corporations, organizations, and nonprofits. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration focusing on immigration law from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and has authored two books, Illegal Among Us: A Stateless Woman’s Quest for Citizenship and The ABCs of Diversity: A Managers Guide to Diversity, Equity, and In...
The A World of Difference Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Missio Alliance . Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook, on Twitter at @loriadbr & on Clubhouse @loriadbr . https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference or loriadamsbrown.com Interested in one-on-one or group coaching o...
The A World of Difference Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Missio Alliance . Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook, on Twitter at @loriadbr & on Clubhouse @loriadbr . https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference or loriadamsbrown.com Interested in one-on-one or group coaching o...
Diana Cutaia founded Coaching Peace in 2012, a company focused on using the power of play and connection to empower organizations and teams to create cultures of care, belonging, and peace. However, the work started for Diana 25 years earlier when she first began to explore the meaning of peace. In that time, she hasn’t just defined it; she has built a brand bringing the principles of Coaching Peace to her vast clientele. Today her clients range from school districts to national organizations a...
Diana Cutaia founded Coaching Peace in 2012, a company focused on using the power of play and connection to empower organizations and teams to create cultures of care, belonging, and peace. However, the work started for Diana 25 years earlier when she first began to explore the meaning of peace. In that time, she hasn’t just defined it; she has built a brand bringing the principles of Coaching Peace to her vast clientele. Today her clients range from school districts to national organizations a...
Rob Dixon (DIS, Fuller Theological Seminary) is an associate regional ministry director with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and senior fellow for gender partnership with the InterVarsity Institute. He is an adjunct professor at Fresno Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary and provides training on flourishing mixed-gender ministry partnerships for numerous organizations around the country. He discusses his book Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships T...
Rob Dixon (DIS, Fuller Theological Seminary) is an associate regional ministry director with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and senior fellow for gender partnership with the InterVarsity Institute. He is an adjunct professor at Fresno Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary and provides training on flourishing mixed-gender ministry partnerships for numerous organizations around the country. He discusses his book Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships T...
Jayne Nakata is the host of the Number 1 podcast for international women living in Japan: Transformations with Jayne . She is also the creator of PodLaunch , which helps podcasters in Japan to launch and run their own show. Jayne has lived in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan for nearly 20 years. After the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster hit her Japanese home town in 2011, she decided not to "run away" but to stay and overcome the challenges of living there. Since then she has started her own...
Jayne Nakata is the host of the Number 1 podcast for international women living in Japan: Transformations with Jayne . She is also the creator of PodLaunch , which helps podcasters in Japan to launch and run their own show. Jayne has lived in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan for nearly 20 years. After the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster hit her Japanese home town in 2011, she decided not to "run away" but to stay and overcome the challenges of living there. Since then she has started her own...
Nona Jones is a rare combination of preacher, business executive, author, and entrepreneur. In her day job she serves as the Head of North America Community Partnerships and Global Faith-Based Partnerships at Facebook. She is the bestselling author of two books; Success from the Inside Out , chronicling her unlikely story of success after a childhood filled with physical and sexual abuse, and From Social Media to Social Ministry , the globally acclaimed guide to digital discipleship for churches...
Nona Jones is a rare combination of preacher, business executive, author, and entrepreneur. In her day job she serves as the Head of North America Community Partnerships and Global Faith-Based Partnerships at Facebook. She is the bestselling author of two books; Success from the Inside Out , chronicling her unlikely story of success after a childhood filled with physical and sexual abuse, and From Social Media to Social Ministry , the globally acclaimed guide to digital discipleship for churches...
First generation, California-born Frank Carbajal’s parents were migrant farm workers in the early 70’s, and were offered jobs in canaries in the Silicon Valley. His parents did important work, feeding a nation with diligence and dedication. They wanted a better life for their son, and his dreams of being the first to go to college and a First Gen Latinx Professional in his family led him to want to help others rise as well. He founded Es Tiempo, and the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit t...
First generation, California-born Frank Carbajal’s parents were migrant farm workers in the early 70’s, and were offered jobs in canaries in the Silicon Valley. His parents did important work, feeding a nation with diligence and dedication. They wanted a better life for their son, and his dreams of being the first to go to college and a First Gen Latinx Professional in his family led him to want to help others rise as well. He founded Es Tiempo, and the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit t...
Doni Aldine is a globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation North American who, by age 19, lived in seven cultures on five continents. She is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has presented around the globe as a Keynote, at conferences, universities & in media as a lifestyle expert focused on entrepreneurship, marketing & cross-cultural identity. With this background, she developed university curricula for global culture identity. Aldine uses her globa...
Doni Aldine is a globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation North American who, by age 19, lived in seven cultures on five continents. She is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has presented around the globe as a Keynote, at conferences, universities & in media as a lifestyle expert focused on entrepreneurship, marketing & cross-cultural identity. With this background, she developed university curricula for global culture identity. Aldine uses her globa...
Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion . She is the author or editor of 20 books, most recently, Hope in Disarray; Keeping Hope Alive ; Reimagining Spirit and Intersectional Theology , and Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World which she co-wrote with Dr. Graham J Hill. Dr. Kim's newest book Invisible is available for pre-order. Kim is a Series Editor for ...
Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion . She is the author or editor of 20 books, most recently, Hope in Disarray; Keeping Hope Alive ; Reimagining Spirit and Intersectional Theology , and Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World which she co-wrote with Dr. Graham J Hill. Dr. Kim's newest book Invisible is available for pre-order. Kim is a Series Editor for ...
Originally from Australia, Mandy Smith is a pastor and the author of The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry (IVP) and Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture (Brazos). Mandy and her husband, a New Testament professor, live with their family in a little house where the teapot is always warm. Learn more about Mandy’s work at www.TheWayisTheWay.org Mandy's friend Sandy Brock is a spiritual director who also does body work. You can fi...
Dr. Mimi Haddad serves as president and CEO of CBE International and as an adjunct associate professor of historical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (S umma Cum Laude ). She holds a PhD in historical theology from the University of Durham, England. Haddad received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University 2013. She is serves in leadership with Evangelica...
Dr. Mimi Haddad serves as president and CEO of CBE International and as an adjunct associate professor of historical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (S umma Cum Laude ). She holds a PhD in historical theology from the University of Durham, England. Haddad received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University 2013. She is serves in leadership with Evangelica...
Connie Jakab is the Director of Community for the global movement, Flourishing Life and is also the Senior Manager of Wellness Innovate. She is the author of Bring Them Closer and two other books . Connie is passionate about rebelling against status quo living and encouraging others to branch out. She is also the Founder of National Hope Movement combatting mental health in Canada. She is a sought out speaker for her raw honesty and humour. Connie drives her passion outward into the arms of thos...
Connie Jakab is the Director of Community for the global movement, Flourishing Life and is also the Senior Manager of Wellness Innovate. She is the author of Bring Them Closer and two other books . Connie is passionate about rebelling against status quo living and encouraging others to branch out. She is also the Founder of National Hope Movement combatting mental health in Canada. She is a sought out speaker for her raw honesty and humour. Connie drives her passion outward into the arms of thos...
