The Insider Outsider Podcast

Michael Welp

Join us for courageous conversations with business leaders around the globe on leading inclusively. Discover new mindsets and skills for authentic partnerships at work and beyond. We at WMFDP & FDPGlobal have spent 25 years specializing in helping insiders understand their unique responsibility to engage other insiders, as well as outsiders, in partnering and building inclusive teams and organizations. Follow the journeys of change agents who embody the courage, humility, & presence to create true change. read less

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Welcome to the The Insider Outsider Podcast. Here in the Insider Outsider Podcast we will be having courageous conversations with business leaders around the globe about what it means to be an insider or an outsider in their organizations. I’ll be your host, Michael Welp, co-founder of the Diversity and Inclusion Leadership development firm WMFDP | FDP Global, also a TEDx presenter, and author of the book Four Days To Change.

Episodios

35. Unlocking Latino Potential

35. Unlocking Latino Potential

Join our conversation with Joelle Martinez who is the CEO of the Latino Leadership Institute. With nearly 78% of new workers in this decade being Latino, Latinos are the backbone of our talent pipeline. Hear insights into this important demographic group and ways to ensure that Latino leaders reach their full potential.

34. Our Leadership Accelerator Program

34. Our Leadership Accelerator Program

The Leadership Accelerator Program is our new action-focused learning series that moves leaders from diversity, equity and inclusion awareness to action and accountability for their organizations. Here, Michael Welp and senior consultant and program co-creator Anakha Coman discuss how it restores and invigorates organizational faith, pride and momentum surrounding DEI efforts.

33. Safety & DEI: An Inclusive Workplace is a Safe Workplace

33. Safety & DEI: An Inclusive Workplace is a Safe Workplace

"If you don't feel safe, you aren't safe." Lorraine Martin, CEO of the National Safety Council, Nicole Piggott, President and Co-Founder of Synclusiv, and Wayne Pignolet, VP of Operations at WMFDP | FDP Global, discuss the interdependence between inclusion and safety and how a safety culture is also an inclusive culture.

32. A Dialogue on Generational Differences

32. A Dialogue on Generational Differences

A lively, cross-generation conversation with FDP Global | WMFDP consultants about work and life from the boomer, gen x and millennial perspectives. Tune in to Maria Martinez, Mei Reitz, Noah Prince and host Michael Welp as they explore our generational differences and perspectives.

31. Race, Color and Culture

31. Race, Color and Culture

Rianna Moore, a human-and-organization development consultant and coach who's been practicing social change for 35 years, discusses her research, model and book on racial awareness, activism and equity.

30. Belonging in The Workplace

30. Belonging in The Workplace

A sense of belonging in the workplace is key to employee and organizational success. In this podcast, Julia Taylor Kennedy, Executive Vice President and Lead Researcher at Coqual, and Michael Collins, WMFDP | FDP Global consultant discuss the findings of Coqual's report on The Power of Belonging.

29. DEI, Disability & Ableism

29. DEI, Disability & Ableism

Disability and ableism are elements of DEI that often live in the shadows of other workplace inclusion initiatives. Today’s podcast guests Karen LaVeck, Keith Blocker and Mark Havens provide wisdom from a wide range of experiences in DEI and disability work.

28. Leading With Heart | The McCain DEI Leadership Project

28. Leading With Heart | The McCain DEI Leadership Project

What does it mean to lead with heart in the DEI space? Senior leaders Jillian Moffat and Kerry Hunnius from McCain Foods share how what started as a DEI leadership project turned into a transformative personal journey towards building greater inclusion in both their workplaces and communities.

27. Mental Health, DEI and the Workplace— an HR Perspective

27. Mental Health, DEI and the Workplace— an HR Perspective

Mental health is an essential, yet often ignored, part of building inclusive and equitable workplaces. Esteemed HR professionals Susan Schmitt Winchester, Suni Lobo and Jonathan TranPham share compelling insight into these essential intersections.

26. Say My Name Correctly: A Simple Practice for Greater Inclusion

26. Say My Name Correctly: A Simple Practice for Greater Inclusion

Nga Vương-Sandoval is a proud Việtnamese refugee, a TEDx Presenter, and the Refugee Congress Delegate in her home state of Colorado. Fiona Swee-Lin Price, based in Australia, is author of Success with Asian Names and the Director of Globalise Consulting. In this episode, Nga and Fiona discuss how the correct pronunciation of names creates a greater sense of belonging and honors personal identities.

25. The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Journey from a White Male Executive's Perspective

25. The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Journey from a White Male Executive's Perspective

Darrin Tulley talks about his experiences with WMFDP learning labs and how they impacted his leadership while he was a senior executive at Mass Mutual. Darrin is the founder of Ignite Happy and author of the upcoming book Live Your Possible.

24. Integrating Somatic and Trauma Informed Approaches into DEI

24. Integrating Somatic and Trauma Informed Approaches into DEI

Oni Marchbanks and Staci Haines discuss why it is important to bring a trauma informed and somatic perspective into the facilitation of DEI work. Oni is an anti-racism educator and the owner of Equity by Design and co-partner of Equity Asks. Staci co-founded generative somatics, founded generationFIVE, and is the author of The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice.

23. Latino | Hispanic Identities: Sharing Cultural Differences and Commonalities

23. Latino | Hispanic Identities: Sharing Cultural Differences and Commonalities

We explore the myriad ways in which the Latino and Hispanic identities are lived, expressed and experienced with WMFDP consultants Maria Martinez, Amalia Alarcon Morris and Mauricio Valadrian, with backgrounds spanning Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Columbia.

22. Executive Order 13950 Banning Racial Awareness Training: The NAACP LDF’s Response

22. Executive Order 13950 Banning Racial Awareness Training: The NAACP LDF’s Response

Jin Hee Lee, from the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund and Chris Hollinger, a lawyer at O’Melveny & Myers were on the front lines responding to the September 2020 Executive Order 13950 Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping. They recount why it was, and continues to be, vital for us all to challenge measures that curtail inclusion and equity.

21. Talking about Polarizing Topics

21. Talking about Polarizing Topics

How do we build connected communities of different people rather than communities that simply let different people in? That’s precisely what Essential Partners does. Adam Motenko, an associate at Essential Partners and founder of Coalescent Leadership, talks to us about how his organization designs and leads difficult conversations on polarizing topics. Tune in and visit WhatIsEssential.org for free tools and resources.

20. Exploring WMFDP | FDP Global’s South African Roots

20. Exploring WMFDP | FDP Global’s South African Roots

Nthabeleng Zulu and Michael Welp met in September of 1990, six months after Nelson Mandela’s release, to co-instruct interracial team building at Outward Bound Lesotho for South African companies. For Michael, this pioneering work in South Africa inspired the co-founding of WMFDP and a lifelong commitment to working with white men.

19. Three Leaders from BAE speak about the impact of their WMFDP Learning Labs

19. Three Leaders from BAE speak about the impact of their WMFDP Learning Labs

BAE Systems Leaders Valerie Hunter, I&S VP of HR and Admin, Jon Dorn, I&S VP of Bus Dev and Strategic Planning, and Ben Nace, HR Business Partner Combat Mission Systems speak about the impact on their leadership of the Full Partners Learning Lab and/or White Men's Caucus Learning Lab.

18. Seasoned Senior HR Executive Partners with WMFDP for Transformative Change at 3 Different Companies

18. Seasoned Senior HR Executive Partners with WMFDP for Transformative Change at 3 Different Companies

As a senior human resources executive, a key goal for Susan Schmitt Winchester has been to bring transformative organizational change, creating more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. Susan has partnered with WMFDP to help bring that change to three companies—in her current role as Chief HR Officer (CHRO) at Applied Materials and in her former roles as CHRO at Rockwell Automation and VP of HR at the Kellogg Company.

17. A Conversation Among Asian American Pacific Islander Leaders and Activists

17. A Conversation Among Asian American Pacific Islander Leaders and Activists

Nga Vương-Sandoval is Việtnamese refugee and the Refugee Congress Delegate for Colorado. June Davis is Japanese American, Chief of Staff and Director of Strategy at the Gates Foundation. John C. Yang is executive director Asian Americans Advancing Justice, a civil rights organization. Peggy Nagae, Japanese American, is a recovering lawyer and senior consultant at WMFDP.

16. Entrepreneurs on Exploring their Gender and Race on Pathway to Inclusive Leadership

16. Entrepreneurs on Exploring their Gender and Race on Pathway to Inclusive Leadership

Ray Leach, CEO of Jumpstart, and Adam Kaufman, CEO of Up2 and Jumpstart coach, share their recent experience at a White Men as Full Diversity Partners signature program, our White Men’s Caucus. Hear from Ray and Adam about how this intimate and immersive dive into what it means to be male and what it means to be white shapes their mindsets and behaviors as entrepreneurial leaders.