46 - Derek Walker on understanding white privilege, and diversifying your boardrooms

Azeem Digital Asks - The All-Round Digital Marketing Podcast

This has to be one of the most thought provoking and powerful episodes I've recorded to date. What a way to start Season 2 of the Azeem Digital Asks podcast. Joining me is the incredible Derek Walker, someone that I have looked up to for a long time.

Derek describes himself as the chief instigator, janitor, secretary and mailroom person for Brown and Browner advertising, and has over 30(!) years experience in the industry as a Black agency founder - as well as being passionate about Diversity and Inclusion.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Defining White privilege
  
• What (if any) progress he's seen throughout the industry when it comes to being more diverse and inclusive
  
• Why he thinks companies are hesitant to address this
  
• His response to the critique of “we dont need more black and asian people in the boardroom, we simply need more talented people”
  
• Where companies can start to address this issue
  
• What white people can do to better understand their POC colleagues

...and so much more!

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