Dogs and Shoes

[This article ran originally on the Harvard Business Review site, January 20, 2013.]
Many business conferences are notable not only for the prominent people on stage, but also for those who are missing. For instance, at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week, fewer than 18% of the speakers are women...

Every year, I send out a note to NYC friends, inviting them to join me on the Great Saunter--a 32-mile walk around the perimeter of Manhattan on the first Saturday in May. Every year, dozens of people reply enthusiastically, declaring that this year...

(This post was originally published on the Huffington Post, September 24, 2013.)
Last month, the hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen erupted on Twitter. Started by Mikki Kendall, it immediately became a channel for women of color to call out how implicit racial bias, double standards for women of different races and overt racism are...

I’ve hosted many high-profile business conferences, and my events now have more really good speakers who are women and/or people of color than most such gatherings. It wasn’t always that way. I work primarily on events that are affiliated with the tech...