S4E8: The Impact of Inclusion that Goes Beyond Checking the Box feat. Simone Lawrence
32m | Jul 6, 2023Welcome back to our final episode of Season Four! Today we are wrapping up our discussion of impact, and looking ahead to the relationship between our confidence to make a positive impact and our ability to create safe, inclusive spaces and experiences for the people around us.
Here to talk about impact and inclusion is Simone Lawrence, manager of the IMPACT program at the David Eccles School of Business. IMPACT is a partnership between the Eccles School and Historically Black Colleges and Universities to bring these students to the U for the summer. The goal of the program is to expose participants to new experiences and show them the difference they can make in places they didn’t expect.
Simone joins host Frances Johnson to talk about having a real opportunity yo make a difference during her internship with PluralSight, her hopes for the IMPACT program as Manager, navigating Utah as a person of color, and working with companies to implement meaningful DEI initiatives.
Eccles Business Buzz is a production of the David Eccles School of Business and is produced by University FM.
Episode Quotes:
Failure makes us see what we can do better
[21:50] I know everyone's afraid to fail, but that's part of life. If you don't fail and see the areas that you messed up in, how do you know how you can do better?
The impact of community building
[28:32] I think building that community, learning what you like and don't like, having the opportunity to experience new things and expand from someone who cares about you and just being that person that I can impact other people has made an impact on my life.
When it comes to diversity, it’s not the lack of information; it’s the lack of access.
[27:07] A lot of times, people want diversity just because, right now, that's the cool thing to do. So, you don't really know too much about it. You just know, everyone has a DEI, EDI, or whichever variation of equity, diversity, and inclusion that you have. And one thing is there's not a lack of information out there. It's just a lack of people having access to it. I always consider myself a liaison between people and information.
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