Janelle James - Senior Vice President at Ipsos | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory   ➡️ About The Guest⁣ Janelle James is an experienced global marketing strategist, consumer expert, and diversity & inclusion specialist with a passion for changing the world. Her career spans 20+ years including multiple marketing disciplines and has enabled her work to touch over a billion people. Her global work experience includes recognizable agencies such as Leo Burnett, Edelman, and Kantar, and supporting brands such as McDonald's, P&G, Samsung, American Express, eBay, Disney, and Shell. She is currently an SVP at Ipsos where she designs, conducts, and analyzes a wide range of studies for Fortune 500 companies and consults client partners on everything from consumer and market knowledge to inclusion to marketing plan development. Prior she was a Director of Research at Kantar, EVP at Edelman, and SVP at DDB. ➡️ Show Links https://www.instagram.com/janelle.a.james/   https://twitter.com/janellejames/   https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelleajames/      ➡️ Podcast Sponsors HUBSPOT - https://hubspot.com/ ➡️ Talking Points⁣ 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - Janelle James’ origin story 12:43 - What is the one thing that has completely shifted in marketing over the last few years? 17:03 - Changing your logo to a rainbow flag? 21:50 - How do we uncover undercover bias? 33:48 - Does work from home have an impact on the ability of the company to have a more diverse workforce? 38:55 - How do you hire properly? 51:30 - Companies that are actually doing good for equity and inclusion. 55:33 - Is there anything else on which Janelle James is working currently? 56:27 - One of the biggest challenges faced by Janelle James in her career 59:08 - What is one of the biggest misconceptions Janelle James had seen in marketing and advertising? 1:04:20 - What would Janelle tell her younger self? 1:05:39 - Who has been a mentor to Janelle? 1:09:00 - A book or podcast recommended by Janelle James 1:10:30 - What does success mean to Janelle James? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy