Thriving in Intersectionality
Thriving in Intersectionality is a leadership podcast exploring how identity, lived experience, and culture shape the way we lead, work, and build impact. Hosted by Dr. Lola Adeyemo — leadership strategist, researcher, and founder of EQImindset and Immigrants in Corporate — the show features thoughtful conversations with executives, founders, scholars, and changemakers navigating leadership at the intersections of identity and influence. Through interviews and solo reflections, each episode examines how leaders make decisions, build belonging, navigate complexity, and grow their careers while shaping more human, inclusive workplaces. Listeners gain practical insight, real-world leadership stories, and research-informed perspectives on culture, power, and professional growth. If you care about leading with intention, building cultures where people thrive, and understanding how lived experience informs leadership — this podcast is for you.
Thriving in Intersectionality
Latest Episodes
EP 147: Better Leadership Begins with Better Questions with Mike Lynch
What if becoming a better leader isn't about having more answers, but learning to ask better questions?In this episode of Thriving in Intersectionality, Dr. Lola Adeyemo welcomes Mike Lynch, leadership advisor, executive ...
EP 146: When Your Language Doesn't Show Everything You Know with Douglas Brewer
What happens when what you know is bigger than what you can communicate in the moment?Executive communication coach Douglas Brewer works with accomplished non-native English-speaking professionals who are already fluent—but don't ...
EP 145: The People Who Change Our Path with Dr. Desiree Williams
Sometimes the person who changes the direction of your life enters it when neither of you knows what that moment will become.Before Dr. Desiree Williams built a 20+ year career in healthcare leadership, she was a teenage mother and later...
EP 144: What Happens When You Stop Proving and Start Choosing with Trisha Daho
What happens when you've built a successful career—and finally ask whether the life you're building is actually the one you want?Trisha Daho had done what many professionals spend years working toward. She made partner at a Big Fo...
EP 143: Leading for Results Without Losing the Humans with Kathy Miller
What does it look like to pursue exceptional business results without sacrificing the people responsible for producing them?Kathy Miller started working on a factory floor at 17 years old. She went on to lead global operations acr...