In this podcast, I explain how Corporate DEI initiatives exploit everyone involved, including, ironically, the very people they claim they are helping (People of Color). I use, as an example, Chief Experience Design Officer, Walter T. Geer’s Oct. LinkedIn post in which he says “NO WHITE EXECS ARE SHOWING UP” to panels in which POC speakers share their perspectives. I explain why I think Walter has a valid point - namely, that Ad Agencies and Corporations love to talk about social justice and DEI but there’s a gap between what they say and what they do. But per Walter’s question, what’s the solve? I will offer my humble advice.
(***Correction: Walter T. Geer III currently works for VMLY&R, not TBWA.)
Walter T. Geer III’s LinkedIn “Advice Needed” Post
My Twitter exchange with Walter T. Geer III
Cindy Gallop’s awful advice to Walter T. Geer III on how to get people to attend his panels.
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