In today’s episode, we have an incredible team, building data driven solutions to power Diversity, Equity and Inclusion change. It's practical, real and focused. This is going to be a great episode, I'm pleased to welcome Jason Thompson, and Justus Thompson co-founders of CAPE inclusion.
Here’s a closer look at the episode:
- Introducing Jason Thompson and Justice Thompson.
- Jason’s career in diversity and inclusion.
- The Olympic and Paralympic teams.
- Justus’s start building diversity programs.
- Working at TechStars.
- Jason’s book: Diversity and Inclusion Matters
- CAPE Inclusion: Collect, Analyze, Plan, and Execute
- The disconnect between the data and the people who use it.
- Why companies don’t focus on diversity inclusion and/or cut the programs
- The first MVP.
- What TechStars taught Justus about being a founder
- The partnership with Javier as an angel investor
- What is exciting Justus about the business right now
- Diversity is constrained by who leaves and who stays.
- Don’t try to “boil the ocean”
- What’s the right data? What are the metrics?
- Understanding blind spots
- Diversity training is tailored to the actual problem.
- Why you need to be serious about diversity in your investments.
Resources:
Website: https://www.capeinclusion.com/
Justus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justus-thompson-he-him-his-02ab64101/
Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thompso4/
CAPE Inclusion LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/capeinclusion/
CAPE Inclusion Twitter: https://twitter.com/capeinclusion
CAPE Inclusion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capeinclusion
CAPE Inclusion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capeinclusion/
