Design for an Equitable Future: A Panel on Why Diversity & Inclusion is the New Mandatory
RGD Design Thinkers 2020
Panel Speaker
SYNOPSIS
I was selected to take part in this RGD Designthinkers panel – moderated by Mo Bofill. With my fellow speakers, we provided tangible advice + strategies – drawing upon our experiences being POC’s in creative industries. Conversations like these feel important in acknowledging + moving beyond the patriarchal + racist structures we work within.
RGD DESCRIPTION
In an industry that is homogeneous in its make up, working in the same ways that we’ve always worked, designed to be divisive and in need of more humanity and empathy - our industry is long overdue for change. We need to do things differently and think differently in how we hire, how we evaluate great work, and how we create. We need to fill our creative agencies with talent that think differently than us. How can we truly expect to create original work, if we only hire people exactly like ourselves? The future of our industry needs to be re-designed with equity and empathy in mind.
Join seven thought leaders from the creative industry as we talk about the role Diversity & Inclusion has played in the development of their agencies, and how diversity of thought within them has generated work that gets noticed and work that shapes culture and grows business.
