Episode 6
A Systems Approach to Advancing Equity with Dr. Greer Jordan
With professional training as an engineer and in organizational behavior, Dr. Greer Jordan shares how she has navigated approaching equity, inclusion and belonging work from a systems approach, always seeking to understand how people best function together.
Dr. Jordan also explains why we must remember that we are mutually dependent upon one another – and that we may not always agree, but it’s critical to work together to create a more inclusive world for all.
Highlights:
04:56 For some reason, I was a person who observed: What's the impact of the environment on people’s behavior? We have our individual locus of control, of course, but we also have our context.
07:22 I was never an advocate for making diversity training mandatory because it’s a developmental thing people need to do.
11:58 If you don't have that psychological well-being, if you don't feel safe in your environment, it’s kind of hard to extend yourself to other people, frankly. You’re in survival mode.
15:39 I know it sounds simple, but you need to talk with people and get to a certain point in a relationship with people where they are really telling you and really talking about what the actual need is, not what people’s wants are.
22:32 If we don’t agree that we need to coexist or that we’re mutually dependent, it’s hard even to get into the conversation in the first place.
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