Human Inclusive

Despite living in a neurodiverse world, traditional hiring processes don’t support building neurodiverse teams. On this episode of Human Inclusive, Christopher and Lia flew to Colorado to meet the people behind a mission to help companies be intentionally inclusive for more neurodiverse teams. We’ll meet Lauren Burgess, serial entrepreneur, CEO and Founder of Dirt Coffee and its apprenticeship program, and Cody Hemmen, General Manager and visionary behind piloting the internship with the flagship DSW Shoe Warehouse in Park Meadow, CO. The internship at Dirt Coffee was originally created by Emily Wallace, Co-founder and Director of Employment. In a time when unemployment hovers under 4%, why are we seeing 80% of adults with autism unemployed? Specifically in this story, in Colorado, a state that enjoys a lower unemployment rate than the national average, currently sitting under 3% sees a higher than national average of adults with autism, unemployed at a rate of 90%. In this episode, hear about the impact of the partnership between Dirt Coffee and DSW from three individuals -- Andy and Rachel who are DSW apprentices, and Robby who is a Manager at Dirt coffee who participated in the apprenticeship program. We’ll learn more about motivation for these two organizations to work together to move the needle on hiring neurodivergent folks and building neurodiverse teams inclusive of all cognitive functioning.

And we’re back! We’ve been behind the scenes producing more exciting interviews to share with you to dive into conversations about neurodiversities, learnings and best practices from folks who are making big changes with organizations to be more inclusive, sexual harassment, and so.much.more! Each of the upcoming releases we are sharing new and different styles of recording from live recordings to video podcasts. We cannot wait to share all of these with you!

In this episode of Human Inclusive, Christopher Guest and Lia James explore the story of Dede Tetsubayashi, PhD, a senior Product Manager with a background in Computer Science and Anthropology who faced a two-year job search.

Christopher and Lia give a preview into upcoming episodes for 2019.

Christopher and Lia talk with Erika Languirand, Director of Training and Development at Detroit Labs, about how diversity became embedded into their DNA, why they start off day one with their diversity policy rather than writing code, and their amazing apprenticeship program that helped them create a more inclusive and diverse team. Our hope is that you’ll learn from some of the examples Erika shares from Detroit Labs’ learnings in order to make a difference in your own organization.

Christopher and Lia explore entrepreneurship with Ehi Aimiuwu founder of tech consultancy, Geek Empowered and podcast, Code Burnout.

Christopher and Lia continue their talk with Hope Giselle, Jasmine Lopez, and Andrea Mares as they explore topics that affect the trans community.

Christopher and Lia talk with Hope Giselle, Jasmine Lopez, and Andrea Mares as they explore topics that affect the trans community.

Join us for a season of stories evaluating systemic issues in the workplace and extracting learnings used to better include marginalized or disadvantaged communities.