5 Things / And Other S#*T
The other night, I attended a candidate forum for the mayoral and commissioner races for my town of 14,000 right outside of Chicago. As I was leaving, I overheard someone say. “They talked ad nauseam about diversity, equity, and other s#*t…”
5 Things / Square Holes
“When you’re a straight, white, college-educated guy in America, you’re a square peg in a square hole. How I identify isn’t something I have to think about too often and that’s a luxury.”
5 Things / Trust
This week I attended the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer Executive Insights event. The Trust Barometer is an annual global trust and credibility study that measures trust across society. I’ve used their data in my work over the years so I was surprised to learn this year that the business was named as the most trusted institution.
5 Things / Always Intersectional
This week I spoke with a few clients to discuss the workshop series for 2023. What impressed me most was the care to ensure a variety of diverse identities were represented in the content and presenters.
5 Things / Always Assuming
I originally started this newsletter with a story about a mistaken assumption I made but my editor told me, “It comes across to me like you are downplaying biases… and I think this also shows your privilege that you don't have to deal with biased situations as others do.”