The Shift: Finding Equity at Work

Four-time NBA Champion and two-time MVP Stephen Curry joins Maria Colacurcio and Sean Mendy. Stephen shares how the women in his life influence his quest for pay equity, from his philanthropic work to his role as an entrepreneur and investor. Stephen shares valuable life lessons on teamwork, equity, and leadership on and off the court, including the myth of “balance” and the importance of building on mistakes. He also gives listeners insight into his initiatives that seek to provide underrated and underrepresented talent access and opportunity to level up.

Maria Colacurcio and Sean Mendy sit down with Lisa Rowan, Research Vice President, HR Software & Services Research at IDC. Lisa discusses her role at IDC, and what she enjoys most about being an analyst. She shares workplace trends she's noticed, advice on implementing hybrid work into organizations and what she believes will be the biggest driver of HR tech investment in 2023.

Maria Colacurcio and Sean Mendy sit down with Ryan Nece, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Next Play Capital and former NFL linebacker. Ryan Nece shares how he has used his experience as a professional athlete, successful entrepreneur, and disciplined investor over the past two decades to start Next Play Capital, which sits at the intersection of sports and technology. He explores how his experiences on a Super Bowl-winning team have shaped his approach to teamwork, adversity, and leadership in the corporate world and what skills that he's learned as a football player that are critical to success in the venture capital world. He also gives listeners valuable insight into how he is going about bringing more equity to venture capital.

Maria and Sean sit down with Kat Gordon, founder and CEO of 3%, a movement dedicated to increasing the number of female Creative Directors. Kat dives deep into how the 3% movement has been able to help the number of female Creative Directors jump from 3% to 29% in just a few short years, how to take an intersectional approach to increasing diversity, and how allyship can be utilized in movements. Kat talks about what being radically inclusive looks like, and how increasing diversity, inclusion and belonging translates to increased creativity and ultimately profitability in businesses.

Maria and Sean sit down with Stacy Brown- Philpot, former CEO of TaskRabbit and current board member of Nordstrom, Noom, StockX and HP. Stacy shares insights on how companies can sustain DEI in the midst of large transitions such as acquiring another company, launching in international markets, or recruiting talent at all levels of the company. She also shares how her experiences as a black woman integrating corporate spaces like TaskRabbit, and Google, shaped her efforts to increase workplace diversity with initiatives like the Black Googler Network and the Soft Black Opportunity Fund.

Maria and Sean sit down with Dan Hesse, former CEO of Sprint and current Board Member of Just Capital to talk about how companies prioritize equity. Dan shares his experience of how an equitable culture was critical to the turnaround at Sprint, what's changed in the equity space over the last 10 years, and the work Just Capital is doing to bring workplace equity mainstream.

For the inaugural episode of The Shift, Maria and Sean sit down with Bracken Darrell, CEO of Logitech. Since joining the company a decade ago, Logitech has racked up awards not just for products and design, but for its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Bracken shares with us the secret sauce on how he's been able to maintain such a strong company culture over the last few years, while rapidly growing in a challenging economy.

The Shift: Finding Equity at Work is a brand new podcast presented by Syndio and co-hosted by Maria Colacurcio and Sean Mendy (Concrete Rose Capital). In it, we explore new realities happening across America's workplace and how industry leaders are rising to the challenge of building an equitable workplace to unlock opportunities for all their employees. Episode recordings typically take 30 mins.