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The Forum on Workplace Inclusion
- The Forum on Workplace Inclusion podcast offers an opportunity to engage with diversity, equity, and inclusion topics every month. With a wide array of relevant DEI topics, we welcome you to join in each month as attendees from a variety of industries around the globe participate and share their ideas. For 31 years, The Forum on Workplace Inclusion has served as a convening hub for those seeking to grow their leadership and effectiveness in the field of diversity and inclusion by engaging people, advancing ideas, and igniting change.
The HBR Ideacast
- Hosted by Sarah Green Carmichael, this long-standing top podcast started as interviews with the authors of Harvard Business Review articles but has expanded to interview prominent business thinkers, senior leaders of Fortune 500 companies, and disruptive entrepreneurs. The interviews are shorter than your average commute but packed with more knowledge than some business school classes.
Diversity Deep Dive
- Welcome to the Diversity Deep Dive Podcast. In this podcast, you will hear insights and uplifting stories of resilience and perseverance against the odds. We will share meaningful dialogue to positively impact diversity and inclusion by dispelling stereotypes, tackling biases, and providing best practices to achieve greater cultural competence. Join us as we break some glass and disrupt the way we think about diversity and inclusion.
The Art of Charm
- Hosted by Jordan Harbinger, this podcast blends social science and cognitive psychology with networking and relationship advice. The main weekly show interviews a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, from the top academic minds to world-class entrepreneurs to best-selling authors. They also feature two shorter mini episodes each week that reinforce or complement each week's main lesson.
The Learning Leader
- Hosted by Ryan Hawk, a former professional football quarterback turned star pupil in a leadership school of his own making. Each episode features long-form, in-depth interviews with some of the smartest, most creative, and always-learning leaders who share their successes, struggles, failures, and lessons learned along the way.
Hidden Brain
- Hosted by Shankar Vedantam, this show is about something broader than just leadership: our own mind. However, this NPR podcast is a deep dive into the unconscious patterns, biases, and behavior that shape our decisions and affect our relationships, including relationships with and as leaders.
The Element of Inclusion
- Hosted by Dr. Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey we are one of the world's longest-running podcasts for issues around Diversity & Inclusion. Every week we inform and educate using applied research and thought leadership.
Revisionist History
- Malcom Gladwell is, of course, a masterful storyteller, and that's part of what makes this podcast so compelling: it's very much a story that hooks you from the beginning and keeps you engaged the whole way through. Gladwell takes topics that are "overlooked or misunderstood," and walks listeners through them in granular detail. He compiles a mountain of facts, information, and data and weaves it all into a fascinating look at what we think we know -- but the light he shines comes from a completely new and unexpected angle, exposing all kinds of facets we didn't know about events, phenomenon, and society.
Akimbo
- Hosted by Seth Godin, Akimbo is interesting, insightful, and thought-provoking for professionals in any field who want to make a difference and impact, who want to stand up and influence their surroundings. You might find yourself wondering "where is he going with this?" Godin's topics help you think about things you might not have considered on your own. If you're looking for a push to make changes, this podcast might be a good one to queue up and try out.
The Emergent Strategy Podcast
- Each episode dives deeply into the life, practice and experimentation of a person or group who is we see as living embodiments of emergent strategy. Emergent Strategy is about how we get in right relationship with change - what are the simple interactions that can shift and shape complex systems and patterns? Hosts are Sage Crump, Mia Herndon and adrienne maree brown.
The Diversity Gap
- When it comes to diversity, good intentions are only the beginning. Join Bethaney Wilkinson as she explores the gap between good intentions and good impact as it relates to diversity, inclusion and equity. She starts every episode asking her guests: 'When did you first realize that you had a race or ethnicity?' and continues to delve deeply into individual experiences, victories, and struggles of each guest.

Videos

What Almost Every Leader Gets Wrong
- Author Simon Sinek explains his book “The Infinite Game,” and why there are no rules in business.
The Pinkcast
- Absolutely jam-packed with great information! Hosted by New York Times best-selling author Daniel Pink, these are short (2 minutes or less) videos posted every other week with tips, recommendations, or fascinating pieces of advice. Each episode draws from a well-researched phenomenon, but with Dan's talent for simple, practical application.
How to Build (and Rebuild) Trust- Frances Frei
- Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it's broken? In an eye-opening talk, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei gives a crash course in trust: how to build it, maintain it and rebuild it -- something she worked on during a recent stint at Uber. "If we can learn to trust one another more, we can have unprecedented human progress," Frei says.
The Power of Vulnerability- Brene Brown
- Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
Listening to Shame- Brene Brown
- Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.
Know Your Inner Saboteurs- Shirzad Chamine
- Everyone of us has these inner critics who ask for more, better, and always! From his experience working with C-level executives of Forbes 500 companies, coach Shirzad Chamine explains the impact of these “saboteurs”, and how to manage them to your advantage.
Imposter Syndrome- Mike Cannon-Brookes
- Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of software company Atlassian, is an Australian business success story. In this surprisingly personal talk, he reveals how he constantly feels like an imposter, but how he’s learned to harness those feelings for his benefit.
Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe- Simon Sinek
- What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it's someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety — especially in an uneven economy — means taking on big responsibility.
How to Turn a Group of Strangers into a Team- Amy Edmondson
- Business school professor Amy Edmondson studies "teaming," where people come together quickly (and often temporarily) to solve new, urgent or unusual problems. Recalling stories of teamwork on the fly, such as the incredible rescue of 33 miners trapped half a mile underground in Chile in 2010, Edmondson shares the elements needed to turn a group of strangers into a quick-thinking team that can nimbly respond to challenges.
What it Takes to be a Great Leader- Roselinde Torres
- There are many leadership programs available today, from 1-day workshops to corporate training programs. But chances are, these won't really help. In this clear, candid talk, Roselinde Torres describes 25 years observing truly great leaders at work, and shares the three simple but crucial questions would-be company chiefs need to ask to thrive in the future.

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