corporate America

“Right now in America, the black adult population is just over 13%. The black participation in corporate America is eight percent. In leadership roles, it goes to 3.2%. There are 615 billionaires in the country, only six of them are Black.”

“I was constantly, like, asked about either my hair or my clothes or if something happened in the media with a black person, and this is oftentimes the plight of a black person working in corporate America. You're never able to be an individual.”

“You know, the Welchian approach to performance is higher fire, and there's just carnage from that, but there's not just people's lives that are ruined. There's no consistent, predictable performance.”

“Patience to wait for the big idea is just not inherent. Well, it's inherent in the design kind of way of being, but it's not inherent in corporate America because you look smart if you have the answer early on.”

“And this is oftentimes the plight of a black person working in corporate America. You're never able to be an individual. Like, so every day, I had to answer for the entire black race, and it was exhausting.”