[MG100] week 20.23 Invisible No More

I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination – indeed, everything and anything except me.
PROLOGUE TO INVISIBLE MAN, RALPH ELLISON, 1952
(courtesy of Terry Jackson)

I BELIEVE

I created this song on the weekend of June 6-7, 2020, amid a time of great change and uncertainty. I was inspired by the beautiful and timeless words of Dr. Terence Jackson. May this song bring hope to all of us.
Music by Johannes Coloma-Flecker, based on lyrics by Terence Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUNRtl3en_c&feature=youtu.be

Pro-bono coaching advancing global women’s leadership, equity, diversity, and inclusion

Fiona Macaulay (founder-CEO of the WILD Network), Ben Croft (Founder, WBECS) and Marva Sadler (CEO, WBECS) are looking for a leadership assessment that could be incorporated into a new pro-bono initiative. A little background: the WILD Network is partnering with EthicalCoach, the not-for-profit arm of WBECS, to bring pro-bono coaching to social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs advancing women’s leadership, equity, diversity, or inclusion in the global development sector. 30 leaders from 10 countries have been matched with professional leadership coaches for a 6-month coaching engagement.

More information available here: https://lnkd.in/etwXKns Coaches who have a tool or resource to share are kindly asked to be in touch with: Kathryn@ethicalcoach.com cc Fiona@theWILDnetwork.org Many thanks in advance, we appreciate you sharing your expertise and tools with us. And welcome your engagement in any way that supports your mission.

Terry Jackson writes

Equity plays a major role in the discussion. Equity involves understanding people’s needs and giving them what they need. Equality aims to ensure that everyone gets the same things. Let us look at the sport of track and how the concept of equality plays out in that world. Equality would have us treat the runners in exactly the same way, ensuring that they all start at the same place on the track. On the surface, this seems fair. But we know that runners in the inside lanes have a distinct advantage over runners in the outer lanes because the distance they have to travel is shorter. As a result, equality – starting at the same place – doesn’t result in fairness.
The concept of equity, in contrast, would lead us to stagger the starting positions of the runners in order to offset the disadvantages facing those in the outer lanes. In this case, different or tailored treatment is a surer path to fairness and justice than the same treatment.

The same distinction between equity and equality can be seen when it comes to the complicated and somehow controversial issue of healthcare. The system is intended to ensure that everyone has the same access to health care providers and services regardless of their ability to pay for care. Again, this seems fair. But it only goes so far in promoting justice because it ignores other factors – such as language, place of residence, sexual orientation and gender – that can also act as barriers to care.
At the same time, ensuring the same access to care for everyone assumes that everyone has similar health status and similar health care needs. We know this is not the case. Some people, like the runners in the outside lanes of the track, live with social, political and economic disadvantages that contribute to poor health. For instance, women and men, boys and girls who live in poverty are frequently less healthy than those with more resources. As a result, they may need additional services and programs – rather than just the standard ones – to offset the impact of substandard housing, limited access to fresh, nutritious foods, and exposure to unsafe environments. This is equity: making sure that they have what they need to achieve and maintain health and well-being.

Once everyone enjoys a similar level of health and well-being, we can focus on preserving fairness by giving everyone the same things: this is equality.
Equity is designed to make society better as a whole. Giving a person what they need so that society can benefit. Why is it a societal benefit to meet needs through the lens of equity and not simply equality? Well, I really don’t want the person ahead of me in the grocery store line, or at the ATM I’m about to touch to be highly contagious and “have to go to work”

Thank you, Terry, for your generosity, humanity, and perseverance

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Mark Thompson is launching a C-Suite MasterClass series!

This new series features weekly interviews hosted by Mark with great CEOs across the globe. The latest MasterClass, coming this Friday, will feature CEO of Nu Skin, Ryan Napierski, on Mark’s LinkedIn as they discuss International Relationships and Building a Global Brand. To check out last week’s great episode, click here. Don’t forget to watch the new episode on Mark’s LinkedIn this Friday at 11:30 AM EDT.


And, as always, thank you, Marshall, for making all of this possible

With love and gratitude
Scott