The former tech division of LCI is branching out on its own to launch a joint venture today with Raleigh digital marketing agency Walk West. Under the new arrangement, it will operate as a separate entity and expand its offerings to include disability inclusion consultancy, in addition to accessibility services.
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During the last two months as our country faced urgent and powerful calls for social justice, many of my conversations with fellow CEOs have taken a deep dive into issues of race, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). These colleagues tell me, “I want to do the right thing, but I’m scared of the backlash if I say something wrong.” Here are recommendations about how to proceed.
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In the midst of this pandemic, every business and person you know is moving through something radically different than anything they have ever experienced. We have to make our own paths forward. We have to “survive and advance,” as Jim Valvano put it. Here’s how.
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As a leader, how do you help your team move forward through this crisis? How do you respect the circumstances of this year while also driving your business to succeed? In other words, ask yourself: what does your business need from you at this moment?
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Serial entrepreneur and investor Donald Thompson joins WRAL TechWire today as a regular contributor. His columns will appear on Wednesdays. Here’s his first one. Welcome, Donald.
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In April, Donald Thompson launched The Diversity Movement, a set of online courses, videos, podcasts, events and consulting offerings focused on diversity and inclusion course. He’s also initiating some “uncomfortable” conversations about race and diversity with the podcast, “Ask a Black Guy/Ask a White Guy.” Today he speaks out about the death of George Floyd and the state of racial relations in the US.
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As protests erupted in Raleigh and across the nation in response to the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police, local African American business leaders are calling for lasting change, not platitudes.
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Walk West CEO Donald Thompson is a well-known entity in the Triangle startup scene. But perhaps it’s less common knowledge that his younger sister is Amie Thompson, CEO and president of Creative Allies, a content marketing firm based out of Raleigh.
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In his first ebook, A Business Leader’s Guide to Driving Diversity Inclusion in the Workplace – which he produced with the help of his sister, Amie Thompson, CEO of Creative Allies – Donald Thompson tackles what diversity actually means in the modern workplace.
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