Financial Changemakers, Series 2 - Privilege & Fragility

Welcome to the Financial Changemakers podcast with Gretchen Betts – Managing Director at Magenta Financial Planning and Olivia Parnell – Coach, New Horizons, Voluntary Norfolk. This podcast series is for you if you are interested in learning about diversity and inclusion and are keen to embrace and make positive change in your life, business, management style or company ethos. In this second episode, hosts Gretchen and Olivia, discuss Privilege and Fragility with their guests ·        Dr. Bel Kerkhoff-Parnell ·        Brett Davidson    Educting ourselves and being more open and applying ourselves means giving up a proportion of our privilege so that we can empower people who are marginalised and are discriminated against.How much of a barrier is fragility and how quicky do we become defensive? The key takeaways from this episode are: ·        A big part of fragility is not wanting to be criticised or challenged. We’re never going to get to a more open inclusive world if we don’t talk, engage, and collaborate. ·        If you’re a manager, listen to your team, and act on it. Don’t just work together, empower each other, and take ownership. Learn from others and listen to feedback, then apply your learnings! ·        From a Financial Services Profession perspective, companies and firms need to pay attention and act. These subjects cannot be ignored, they must be addressed, and culture changed. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Don’t be complicit. If you see something is wrong, say something. This podcast series is about creating a safe place for discussion and ultimately enabling you, our listener, to be a Changemaker. Let’s listen. Let’s Discuss. Let’s Learn. Let’s Implement Positive Change.