Giving Compass' Take:

• This Next Economy Now podcast from B the Change features TMI Portfolio founder and CEO of Dr. Tiffany Jana, who discusses ways to build a more equitable workforce.

• In what ways can philanthropists help push back on institutional biases in business, and would partnerships with the private sector help advance these goals?

• Read more about the latest diversity, equity, and inclusion research of 2018.

Dr. Tiffany Jana is the founder and CEO of TMI Portfolio, a Certified B Corporation and collection of socially responsible and interconnected companies working to advance more culturally inclusive and equitable workforces. An award-winning diversity practitioner and international public speaker, Dr. Jana has been featured in publications including Psychology Today, the Huffington Post, Fast Company, MarketWatch and Forbes and was named an Inc.com Top 100 Leadership Speaker in 2018.

Some highlights from Ryan Honeyman’s conversation with Dr. Jana include:

  • How Dr. Jana got into the work she is doing today.
  • Why the first step to erasing institutional bias is understanding the problem.
  • The different types of biases Dr. Jana explains in her book, including occupational, racial, gender, hiring, customer and retribution bias.

Listen to the full podcast about building a more equitable workforce by Andrew Baskin at B the Change.