As founder and CEO of luxury athletic-wear company Alala, Denise Lee has built a multi-million-dollar business By Pat Olsen Denise Lee funded her company at age 31 with help from friends and family. Finding success producing athleisure apparel that is at once stylish, comfortable, and high performance was...
Looking for a clear pathway to an inclusive and equitable culture? Cultivate and support the work of allies and advocates within your organization. By Carolyn M. Brown Allyship and advocacy are related but different—the former works on the individual level, the latter on the organizational—but both require...
Amazon’s Candi Castleberry is on a mission to leverage machine learning to build inclusive products and experiences at Amazon—and beyond by Jackie Krentzman Imagine you are charged with packaging an Echo Frames device to ship to customers worldwide. How do you ensure that those who might be visually impaired have an accessible...
Next: Finding Success in the Creator Economy While working as a data scientist at ESPN, Tiffany Kelly noticed that video content creators were taking the Internet by storm at the same time that some long-standing ESPN franchises, such as sports talk radio show Mike & Mike, were...
Four female leaders on how to lead with intention By Katie Morell Imagine standing next to a podium inside a conference room as 73 people file in and sit down, many of them visibly unexcited about being there. This was Linda Murray Bullard’s experience a few years ago,...
From Honduras to Boston to the NFL, State Street’s Paul Francisco has parlayed his life experiences toincrease diverse representation and foster inclusion By Jackie Krentzman When State Street Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Paul Francisco was 17, he traveled with his family from Honduras to the...
