1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: UM, you probably recognize that there is a quickly moving 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: bt O resurgency like back to office. Companies are going 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: back to office AP think Apple announced it yesterday or today, 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: depending on when you're listening to this. Apple recently announced 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: they want the people back in the office. UM. Is 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: that dangerous to this conversation of UM, diversity in the 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: in the workplace. I think it's really interesting. Um. There's 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: a couple of different points to it. One, I think 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: the cats out of the bag. Frankly, in terms of 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: people saying, hunt, do I really have two hours of 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: my day or three hours of my day to be 12 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: commuting In an era where you have housing prices rising 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: and folks can't afford to live near yor city center, 14 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: that's even more of an issue. And it affects black 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: books in particular. If I'm in Mississippi or if I'm 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: in Georgia, if I'm in Atlanta, not only do I 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: have amain in Atlanta based companies, but I'm attracting attention 18 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: from all over the country. Why would I want to 19 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: leave Atlanta? Um? If you enjoy that community. I think 20 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: the other side of it gets interesting, is UM. Oh yeah, 21 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: And what I think the other side of it is, 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: um how do companies that used to be in office 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: and who are going hybrid or fully remote, how are 24 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: they managing the mentorship and sponsorship of new employees, particularly 25 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: black and brown employees. Here's how it works. If it's 26 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: always if it had been in an office and it's 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: a little bit of dry by and so forth, meetings 28 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: or lunches or whatever. Hey, I'd love to get like 29 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: a coffee with you and you get some informal mentoring 30 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: and so forth, that's awesome. If you move to hybrid, 31 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: how does that happen? It doesn't just automatically. Has to 32 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: have an intention, and so a company would have to say, 33 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: we understand that, and we're committed to either having identifying 34 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: our star folks or emerging talent and getting them back 35 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: in that office for a week a quarter so that 36 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: we can kind of get that that trust building that 37 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: happens person to person or place of pace to face um, 38 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: or we do some other rotation system. If there was 39 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 1: a remote person who isn't getting that kind of manatorship 40 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: and the culture supports it face to face, they are 41 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: at a deficit. So one would have to be thoughtful 42 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: about setting that up. It's black tech. Green Money shared 43 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: this podcast with the people you're closest to.