
SHAKIMA JACKSON-MARTINEZ
Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at AnswerLab
with support from Kristin Zibell, Director of Products and Services at AnswerLab
Corporate leaders issued countless statements decrying racism and investing in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in 2020. As a result of the pandemic and the ongoing racial reckoning that year, the overlap between societal events and corporate commitments became sharply visible. But the actions on those commitments, less so.
Focusing on DEI sparks all sorts of biased statements from colleagues like, “There are no Black/Trans/Women researchers,” “We don’t want quality to suffer,” and “There’s no pipeline, these folks just aren’t out there.”
In the face of these false and racist sentiments, researchers, leaders, and managers can create diverse and thriving teams.
Shakima Jackson-Martiniz, Senior Director of DEI at AnswerLab, a research and insights firm, has done just that. In this PechaKucha, she will tell the story of how...