TNT 2.0: Episode 58 with Rishita Jones and Vivian Acquah - DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION - a podcast by Teresa Quinlan

from 2020-11-08T06:00

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Today we welcome Rishita Jones and Vivian Aquah.

Rishita Jones is an HR transformation specialist. She is focused on disrupting the status quo and intent on building people centered HR practices using Agile HR, Design Thinking and Technology to enrich and uplift the Human Experience in the workplace.

Vivian Acquah is a driven woman who likes to talk about the holistic way of sustainable employability, called workplace wellness.

For her, this is the way to work on a healthy culture at work. Vivian advises managers and companies on how to keep their team members healthy, happy, and safe.

The 4 of us dig into the personal stories of both Rishita and Vivian to uncover how their own personal journey's and experiences have influenced the work they are doing in cultivating awareness and action around 3 pillars of humanity - diversity, equity, and inclusion.

You'll hear us talk about:

- Being part of the change that our culture requires for our children’s future

- Agile and sustainable is an awesome combination for organizational change

- Humanizing the workplace is the absolute only way to move forward

- Our cultural philosophy from when we are raised influences and impacts our perspective, thinking, behaviour, emotional responses

- Remove the barriers that we are using as excuses to NOT take action

- No ostriches, no islands.

For more from either of this episodes guests:

- Linked in:

o Rishita: linkedin.com/in/rishita-jones

o Vivian: linkedin.com/in/vivianacquah

- Website: