Business 4 Good: How Women Leaders Innovate by Centering Equity
True innovation is not about creating the flashiest tools or chasing the latest trends. For women in business, it is about building systems that work for everyone -- centering equity as a core principle, not a footnote. Real progress does not happen by tweaking broken systems. It happens when we reimagine the foundations altogether.
The Portland Metro Innovation Hub checked all the equity boxes on paper. I was the unanimous choice to lead it. What happened next became a masterclass in how not to build. Here is what I learned -- and why I keep building Business 4 Good, because even if I am no longer in that role, it remains my job to connect resources to the people who need and deserve them.
What Inclusivity Really Means to Me
When Rose Kaz launched Business 4 Good, she was canceled once a week by people who said she did not belong. This is what she learned about inclusivity, slowing down, and building stages so everyone else can get in the roo
The Crossing Guard Dream: Diversity Is Power
About five years ago I had a dream. I was walking down a busy city street and a woman of color told me in no uncertain terms: "STOP WALKING." She said it again, louder. And then I understood something I have never forgotten about diversity, power, and who should actually be leading us forward.