1st wednesday wisdom directory

Topics:

Organizational Structure

Resources: Movie/book/podcast recommendations

Empathy

Building Trust

Personal Ethnicity

Leading Others

Color Blindness

Racial Tension

Cross-Cultural Relationships

Personal Development

Taking a Stand

Organziations/People Making a Difference

MELD in Action

Code Switching

1.Organizational Structure

1. An Open Letter to Organizational Leaders: How Many? June 7, 2023

2. Succession: Are you ready to pass on your scalpel? March 1, 2023

3. Don’t (Try to) Become a Diverse Organization April 6, 2022

4. Who Can Thrive in Your “Pond”? February 2, 2022

5. Who will be leading your organization in 2030? January 26, 2022

6. 5 Ways to Start Being a Better Ally For Your Black Co-Workers June 9, 2021

7. Developing Level 5 Asian American Hipos May 5, 2021

8. “America’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity March 24, 2021

9. Don’t ( Try To) Become a Diverse Organization March 17, 2021 

10. Coaching While Black January 5, 2021 

11. Dabo Swinney’s Call to Use Your Voice June 17, 2020

12. How to Increase Your Department’s Cultural Competency May 6, 2020 

13. Beating The Odds in Sports and in Life February 19, 2020

2. Resources:

Movie/book/podcast recommendations:

1. New Math: 1+1= at least 3 August 2, 2023

2.Ain’t no time for the summertime blues May 3, 2023

3. MELD recommendations December 7, 2022

4. Keep Growing! March 2, 2022

5.Mamie Till-Mobley: A Mother Who Changed America January 5, 2022

6. 3 Books to Expand Your Comfort Zone December 22, 2021

7. MELD’s Choice for Summer Reading: John Grishman’s Sooley May 19, 2021

8. For Our Latinx Friends: Spotlight on Jessica Mendoza October 6, 2020 

9. Happy New Year from MELD January 1, 2020 

3. Empathy:

1. It’s 5:03am and I can’t sleep February 1, 2023

2. Empathy Activated: South Bay Community Church and City of Fremont February 9, 2022

3. From Emmett Till to Ahmaud Arbery January 12, 2022

4. West Side Story: A 1957 Parable for 2021 December 15, 2021

5. “The (New) Wonder Years”:Enter A Parallel Universe October 27, 2021

6. What’s It LIke in Your World? Choosing Empathy October 6, 2021

7. Choosing Empathy, Part 2:The Transforming Power of Empathy October 13, 2021

8. Country Music Star’s “Long Violent History” Surprise Release September 23, 2020

9. Losing Another King: Understanding the Significance of Chadwick Boseman’s Death September 2, 2020 

10. Emmy Award Winning “ The Talk” December 11, 2019 

4. Building Trust:

1. How to build trust on a diverse team August 9, 2022

2. Do your people trust you July 6, 2022

5. Ethnicity Identity:

1. Pharrell Williams Found His Roots: What might you find? May 4, 2022

2. Celebrating Your Ethnicity with Others February 23,2022

3. A Summer Project You Won’t Regret: What Parts of Your Grandparents June 30,2021

4. Ethnicity Matters August 26, 2020 

6. Leading Others:

1. Perhaps Your Most Important Job: Laying Bricks November 3, 2022

2. Confessions of a White Leader October 20,2021

3. Leadership Must-Do’s in Your 30’s August 24, 2021

4. Don’t Just Mentor Women and People of Color. Sponsor Them. Part One August 11, 2021

5. Don’t Just Mentor Women and People of Color. Sponsor Them. Part Two. August 17,2021

6. Who Gets to Decide What is “Professional”? May 26, 2021

7. Intent Doesn’t Always Equal Impact: Avoiding Cultural Misses May 12, 2021

8. Supervisors: Don’t Give Your Employees of Color “Break Assignments” April 28,2021

9. Dawn Staley, Adia Barnes and Vivian Stringer…we see you, we thank you. April 7, 2021

10. How To Talk with Your Team About the Violence at the US Capitol January 18,2021 

11. Why Reflection is Key for Good Leadership December 29,2020 

12. Four Election Day Tips for Caring for Your People November 2, 2020 

13. Disparities with COVID 19 April 29, 2020 

14. The Five-Tool Leader for Covid-19 2.0 April 22, 2020 

15. 7 Must Do’s For Leading in The Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis March 14, 2020

16. 7 Must Do’s For Leading in The Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis Part 2 March 17, 2020

17. Self-Care for Leaders in the Midst of Covid-19 March 24, 2020 

18. “I Am Not A Virus” Part 4 Leading During Covid-19 Series March 31, 2020

19. The Sisterhood of The Net March 11, 2020

7. Color Blindness:

1.The Cost of Color Blindness February 16, 2022

2. Kim Ng Doesn’t Just Happen to Be a Woman or an Asian American December 1, 2020

8. Racial Tension

1. Are You Prepared? December 8, 2021

2. There is Real Animosity Between.. June 2, 2021

3. When Racial Tension Strikes March 3, 2020 

9. Cross-Cultural Relationships

1. Going Deeper in Cross Cultural Relationships, Part One November 2, 2021

2.Going Deeper in Cross Cultural Relationships, Part Two November 9, 2021

3. Going Deeper in Cross Cultural Relationships, Part Three November 17, 2021

4. A Tip to Stop Being Culturally Klutzy September 29,2021

5. What Do I do When Dissonance Occurs, Part One September 8, 2021

6.What Do I do When Dissonance Occurs, Part Two: Ask Ted Lasso September 15,2021

7. 2 Don’t and 4 Do’s in Starting Cross Cultural Relationships September 1, 2021

8. Do you know Lilly? September 29, 2020 

9. What Not To Say August 3, 2020 

10. Are You Prepared If This Happens To You on Your Away Trip? February 26, 2020

10. Personal Development:

1. The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living January 4, 2023

2 .Kudos to the NFL for this Csonka Like Move June 1, 2022

3. Dear Black Women June 23, 2021

4. Keep Growing! March 2, 2022

5. 4 Questions for Year-End Reflection December 29, 2021

6.Were You Celebrated Home? December 1, 2021

7. Nothing Happens Unless First a Dream June 16, 2021

8. Emerging Leaders of Color: Navigating Stretch Assignments April 21, 2021 

9. Who is Your Ricardo Allen? February 3, 2021 

10. Do You Have 9 Minutes, 54 Seconds To Forge A New Path Forward For 2021 

January 27, 2021 

11. Dr. King’s 3 Keys For A Way Forward After Last Week January 12, 2021

12.  The Group Excluded from Diversity Programs November 16, 2020 

13. Chutzpah and Humility: 2 Critical Qualities Post Election November 11, 2020 

14. Being Black in America September 16, 2020 

15. The Power of Your Voice  June 24, 2020 

16. A Tiring Season For Race in America June 3, 2020 

17. A Tiring Season in America, Part 2 June 10, 2020 

18. Racial Hate from the Bleachers May 27, 2020 

19. Mamba Mentality-The Truth about Losing February 5, 2020

20. From MELD to White People…Time for Uncomfortanle Conversations January 22, 2020

21. Coffee with Martin Luther King Jr. January 15,2020 

11. Taking a Stand:

1. Ted Lasso, Season 2, Episode 3:Do the Right-est Thing September 22, 2021

2.When One Person Says “ Enough is Enough” In Their Neighborhood March 10, 2021

3. A Timeline of Protest: Kaepernick to Now September 9, 2020 

4. Fight For Justice like Representative John Lewis August 19, 2020 

5. Jeremy Lin Speaks Out April 15,2020 

6. “I Knew It Was Time To Speak Up” April 8,2020 

12. Organizations/People Making a Difference:

1. One Ten. Org: Creating 1 Million Jobs For Black Talent October 5, 2022

2. The Surprising Impact of One Thing on Children of Color April 5, 2023

13. MELD in Action:

1.National Rally for AAPI Lives and Dignity March 31,2021

2. A Daunting Challenge Facing College Presidents September 8, 2022 

14. Code-Switching:

1. Code-Switching, Part 1: Discover the Power of CPU February 10, 2021 

2. Code-Switching, Part 2: “You’re the color of poop!” Februrary 16, 2021

3. Code-Switching, Part 3:The Cost of Code-Switching February 23, 2021

4. Code-Switching, Part 4: A Research Driven Analysis March 3, 2021