S5 E1: The Road To Equality Is Paved With Equity - A Conversation With THG in support of IWD 2023

The Inspire Podcast

The Inspire Podcast is back! Season 5 kicks off with a special episode in support of the 2023 International Women’s Day, whose theme is to #embraceequity. Bart welcomes three members of The Humphrey Group — Marissa Dyck, Angie Park and Claudia Villaran — for a wide-ranging panel discussion. The group tackles why equity is still far off, and what organizations and individuals can do to close the gap by celebrating achievement, raising awareness of discrimination and taking action to drive gender parity. Tune in for insights and practical guidance on how to inspire a more equitable world. Visit the following links for resources and to learn more about how you can #embraceequity. Women in the Workplace 2022 McKinsey Study: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/women-in-the-workplace UN Women's Website: https://www.unwomen.org/ Institute for Gender and the Economy: https://www.gendereconomy.org/ Canadian Women's Foundation: https://canadianwomen.org/ Women at Work Podcast series: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-women-at-work Engendering Success in Stem: https://successinstem.ca/ 1:16 Show Intro 3:50 Introductions 3:55 Marissa Dyck 4:26 Angie Min Ah Park 5:12 Claudia Villarán 5:40 Why does equity matter? Why is there so far to go? 6:01 The difference between equality and equity 8:16 Women in the Workplace 2022 McKinsey Study 9:25 Why we don't yet have the equity 10:11 Workplace disadvantages i.e. paternal leave 10:46 What can the individual leader do? 11:23 Raise awareness 11:53 Inclusion 12:11 New habits 12:41 Educating ourselves on women's challenges 13:08 Spontaneous decisions 14:27 Starts with women 15:13 International Women's Day and ways to support equity 15:58 Celebrating women's achievements 16:10 Reasons women don't celebrate their achievements as much 17:02 Men's (over) confidence and women's (under) confidence 19:21 How to better celebrate women's achievements 19:33 Internal pressure and perfectionism 22:43 Raising awareness about discrimination 24:24 We don't know what we don't know 24:49 Safe spaces 26:19 Challenging questions around discrimination 27:28 UN Women's website 27:59 Reshaping the mindset and definitions 28:55 The burden of DEI work is often placed on women 32:13 What does The Humphrey Group do? 32:56 What can HR leaders do? 37:07 Other ways for non-HR leaders to help women 37:30 Allyship 41:34 What gives you hope? 43:50 Thank yous 44:30 Outro