In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Minal Bopaiah. Minal is the founder of Brevity & Wit, a strategy and design firm that helps organizations achieve the change they wish to see in the world through a unique approach that combines human-centered design, behavior change science, and the principles of inclusion diversity, equity, and accessibility. Minal Bopaiah discusses her book Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives and shares frameworks and approaches for leading a more equitable organization.

 

 

Some highlights:

- Minal Bopaiah on the tie-in between implicit bias and systemic issues faced in tackling inequity.  

- How our biases impact algorithms, including those used by human resource departments for recruiting and hiring.  

- Minal Bopaiah on the difference between equity and equality.

- The role that design thinking can play in greater equity in organizations. 

- How leaders can redesign systems to ensure greater equity.  

 

 

Mentioned:

- Rajan Patel – Co-founder, CEO at Dent Education

- Dan Heath and Chip Heath – Authors, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard.

- Johnnetta Betsch Cole – Author, Racism in American Public Life.

- Valarie Kaur – Author, See No Stranger

- Karen Armstrong – Author, The Spiral Staircase

- Partnering Leadership Podcast Conversation with Howard Ross (https://www.partneringleadership.com/principle-centered-leadership-for-a-better-world-with-howard-ross-changemaker/) – Author, Everyday Bias

 

Connect with Minal Bopaiah:

Brevity & Wit on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/brevityandwit/)

Minal Bopaiah on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mbopaiah/)

Brevity and Wit on Twitter (https://twitter.com/brevityandwit)

Minal Bopaiah on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mbopaiah)

Minal Bopaiah on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mbopaiah)

 

Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

MahanTavakoli.com (https://mahantavakoli.com/)

 

More information and resources available at the Partnering Leadership Podcast website: 

PartneringLeadership.com (https://www.partneringleadership.com/)

 

Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

Mahan Tavakoli Website (https://mahantavakoli.com/)

Mahan Tavakoli on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahan/)

Partnering Leadership Website (https://www.partneringleadership.com/)