Provocative Conversations with Arin

This week, Arin sits down with Jim Hackett, CEO of Steelcase. Jim discusses the importance of thoughtful actions, the incredible value of the servant leader, the significant shifts in workplaces, collaboration and company needs in the 21st Century and how Steelcase is responding to them by building a workplace you didn't even know you needed. 

This episode is one of our most popular, in-demand episodes and we thought you might enjoy the refresher. Arin and Jess sit down to discuss sports metaphors, implicit biases and the ways in which our successes and failures build upon themselves.

In light of Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver, Riley Cooper's recent racial slurs, we thought it was a good time to rebroadcast our episode on the complex implications of racial slurs, the subsequent apologies and why they’re way more important than we might realize.

Marianne Cooper is the lead researcher on Sheryl Sandberg's new book, "Lean In" and  a core team member at the Clayman Institute's Voice and Influence program. She  has been researching gender issues for over 20 years and today she is joining Provocative Conversation to share her insights on the stall in women's progress, the role of likeability in the promotion of women and why you should buy "Lean In" for your sons. This is a conversation you do not want to miss! 

Arin and Jess discuss what our word choices reflect, suggest and change about our perception of such important topics as rape, sexual harrassment, gender  and racial discrimination. Join us as we dig into the power of words, the burden of proof and the nuts and bolts of exactly how unconscious biases work.