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How an Inclusive Culture Leads to Better Innovation, a Discussion with Jennifer Brown

Meet Guest: Jennifer Brown

Jennifer Brown is a leading diversity and inclusion expert, dynamic keynote speaker, best-selling composer, award-winning entrepreneur and host of The Will To Change podcast, which uncovers true stories of diversity and inclusion. As the founder, president and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, Jennifer’s workplace strategies possess been employed by some of the world’s foremost Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits—including Walmart, Microsoft, Starbucks, Toyota Financial Services, T-Mobile, and many others— to help employees bring their full selves to perform and feel Welcomed, Treasured, Respected and Heard.

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[00:00:23] JJ: Hello, this is JJ Rorie, vice president at Sequent Teaching Networks. In our Masters of Product Management podcast, we tap into the experiences of people who work in and around product management, to assist you learn and develop in your product leadership career. Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, you’ve likely heard a lot about diversity in tech—

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Subscribe: RSSEpisode 79 is a rebroadcast of one of the first – and most interesting – podcast interviews I’ve had the pleasure of doing. I had the opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Brown for an sincere and thought provoking conversation. We were able to catch a glimpse into her world as an entrepreneur in the diversity and inclusion space. Jennifer shared with me what inspires her and drives her to continue moving forward as well as some advice for fellow entrepreneurs. We also chatted about how her professional journey brought her from opera singer to business owner. Have a attend and let me grasp your thoughts below!

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Jenn T. Grace:

I am thrilled to be talking today with Jennifer Brown, Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC), a New York City-based consulting firm that is a womenowned and LGBT-certified

On closing the gap of inclusion and diversity in the workplace - Jennifer Brown [Interview]

About Jennifer Brown

Jennifer Brown is the Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting. She is an award-winning Entrepreneur and a well-known diversity and inclusion speaker. She is the host of the trendy weekly podcast, ‘The Will to Change’. Jennifer has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Highway Journal, Harvard Business Review, AdWeek, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Inc., CBS, and many more. We are honored to include her on our interview series today. 

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We have the pleasure of welcoming Jennifer Brown today to our interview series. I’m Aishwarya Jain from the peopleHum team. Before we begin, just a quick introduction of PeopleHum. peopleHum is an end-to-end, one-view, integrated human capital management automation platform, the winner of the 2019 global Codie Award for HCM that is specifically built for crafted employee experiences and the future of operate.

We run the peopleHum blog and video channel which receives upwards of 200,000 visitors a year and publish around 2 interviews with well-known names globally, every month. 


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Storytelling with Jennifer Brown of Jennifer Brown Consulting

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Jenn T Grace:

Welcome to 30 Days, 30 Voices: Stories from America’s LGBT business leaders.

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You are listening to a exceptional edition of the Gay Business and Marketing Made Straightforward Podcast. Tune in for the next thirty days as we interview one business leader per day each afternoon in June to celebrate LGBT Identity festival Month. That’s sapphic, gay, bisexual and transgender pride month. You’ll learn insights around business and marketing from those who know it best. And now, your host. She’s an entrepreneur, a marketing maven, and an advocate for the LGBT business group – Jenn, with two N’s, T. Grace.

Jenn T. Grace:

Hello and welcome. Appreciate you for tuning in to this special Pride Month episode of the Gay Business and Marketing

Lesbians In The Workforce: Creating A Safe Space With Jennifer Brown


Did you recognize we have a covert weapon?…


Most lesbians in the workforce don’t realize we have a secret superhero working to make our lives a billion times easier.

I’m talking about Jennifer Brown – And what’s so interesting about her is the trick maneuver that she pulls on unsuspecting homophobic corporate types all over the country.


Taking Them By Surprise


What Jennifer does around the territory is she gets up on stage in front of huge crowds of powerful conservative white men…

(And it’s easy for Jennifer to make conservative white guys comfortable and attentive because she looks exactly the way aged conservative white men anticipate and want women to look… she’s a lovely, super-femme blonde barbie doll who would be played by Kristen Bell or Reese Witherspoon if we made a movie about her.)

So when Jennifer gets on stage the strong cis-gendered men let their guard down because they're all happy to watch her…

And then she tells them she’s a lesbian…


Mind. Blown.


Jennifer’s strategy is to use her privilege (that comes from her looks) as a way to win the trust and attention of people in power who aren’t