Lived experience dominates DEI conversations. It's treated as the most important factor in discussions about race, gender, and inclusion.
But there's a problem.
Key Topics Covered in This Episode:
- Your lived experience comes at a cost.
- Lived experience is important—but it needs balance.
- Lived experience needs structure to be useful.
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Key Takeaways from This Episode:
- Anecdotes can mislead, but patterns create evidence.
- "Same information. Different lived experiences. Different conclusions—because lived experience is subjective."
- A successful DEI strategy is built on structure, not emotion.
- "An inclusion program that failed—because it wasn't built on evidence."
- Stories become useful when placed within a rigorous framework.
- "We don't dismiss lived experience—but we combine it with evidence from three other sources."
Additional Resources
Dr. Jonathan's PhD Thesis: "Crafting an identity: an examination of the lived experiences of minority racial and ethnic individuals in the workplace"
