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In this week’s episode of Please Advise, we sit down with DE&I consultant and non-profit founder, Brandon Miller. Brandon and Sam discuss the importance of DE&I and how businesses and organizations should look to create partnerships to amplify their impact. If you’re a non-profit looking for guidance on how to work with brands or you’re a business wanting to have a bigger impact, this episode is for you.

Brandon Miller is a purpose-driven guy, and our conversation today will leave little doubt about that. As the co-founder of the Too Fly Foundation, he’s aiming to create a world where every student has the opportunity to travel.

Let’s meet Brandon on this episode of PICK UP THE SIX podcast.

Six months ago, Brandon Miller was our first guest on this podcast, where we talked about the strategic imperative of diversity and inclusion in today’s workplace and our role as leaders to shape our organizations. As Clarkston’s Diversity Council Chair, Brandon talked about how true diversity of thought, backed by differing backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, is critical to bring out the best of your organization and enable more effective decision-making.

Companies are utilizing people analytics in targeting an inclusive workplace culture more than ever before as working remote and how to reach each and every employee has become the new normal. Getting an honest view on progress related to diversity, the equity within business processes, and how inclusive the corporate culture is through people analytics is becoming more and more difficult for Human Resources departments and companies as a whole.  This has been a tremendous year of change for companies and these forces of change are drastically altering the landscape of work.

Over the past few weeks inequities and health disparities in quality of care have been highlighted with reports showing how COVID-19 has been infecting and affecting vulnerable populations and marginalized communities at a disproportionately high rate. Although COVID-19 doesn’t see dimensions of diversity such as race, location, gender, age, or socioeconomic status, it is highlighting our healthcare system’s role to play when it comes to addressing inequities and health disparities of care for more vulnerable populations.

Over the past few weeks inequities and health disparities in quality of care have been highlighted with reports showing how COVID-19 has been infecting and affecting vulnerable populations and marginalized communities at a disproportionately high rate. Although COVID-19 doesn’t see dimensions of diversity such as race, location, gender, age, or socioeconomic status, it is highlighting our healthcare system’s role to play when it comes to addressing inequities and health disparities of care for more vulnerable populations.

Every year, Black millennials are making tremendous strides in corporate and in entrepreneurship, and are transforming the world as we see it today and as it is to become.

The #MogulMillennialMagic is our inaugural list of the most influential Black millennials of 2019. It’s our way of celebrating and honoring Black millennials that are the epitome of #blackexcellence and that are redefining the future of work and business.

In this first episode of Taking Stock, I’m speaking with Brandon Miller, a manager and the chair of Clarkston Consulting’s Diversity Council, about why and how organizations need to incorporate different perspectives into the key decisions that drive their business forward. Brandon shares his perspectives on the historical evolution of diversity and inclusion through the years and the tangible ways in which leaders could make an impact. Brandon also discusses the steps companies need to take to ensure that diversity and inclusion is a core value. 

In order to empower employees and create lasting growth, businesses will want to consider conducting business-wide unconscious bias trainings regarding diversity and inclusion. Studies show that properly-designed trainings can increase managerial representation across ethnicities while empowering women to seek out mentorship opportunities. By recognizing the benefits that a powerful unconscious bias training can deliver, companies can craft evidence-based seminars to promote an inclusive culture in which all employees can thrive and add value.

Some people are taught how the pieces are moved and what the aim of the game is, then there are people who teach you how to achieve that aim so you're not left with your own devices to figure it out.

People like Brandon Miller—a Senior Information Technology Consultant, Co-Author of The Intersection Book, Entrepreneur, Branding Coach, and Philanthropist—understand the mechanics of the game along with the various strategic concepts and finds ways to apply them in real life scenarios.

Upon joining Versl last week one of my biggest goals is to build a community of like-minded individuals who appreciate tech and culture. Our software can be utilized in any industry by any individual and I wanted to give our audience a voice to share how they got into their industry and the synergy between them as an individual and the Versl platform.

Up first, is my good friend Brandon E. Miller.

I vividly remember the mix of shock and comfort I felt upon entering Disrupt Indy’s inaugural conference in 2017. I was raised in the Midwest, but going to a black tech conference in Indianapolis didn’t seem like a possibility years ago. That’s why the emergence of tech hubs outside of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley has been really validating. The energy at Disrupt Indy was unique — like hanging out with a bunch of tech-obsessed cousins and other family members. I felt immediately comfortable being my authentic self as we discussed the importance of inclusive technology, bias in recruiting processes, and the need for black tech founders. I also felt genuinely supported by the companies recruiting at the event. Representation matters, and demonstrating a commitment to creating inclusive spaces for people of color in technology is increasingly important

This episode I sit down with serial side hustler Brandon Miller aka BMills and we discuss:

• Being a social media influencer.

• The benefit of having a strong male figure in your life. 

• How to juggle your passion and your 9-5 job.

• Is it wrong to target programs exclusively for black communities?

• The tech industry and black inclusion. 
  

Brandon Miller, BME 14, is always on the move. Since graduating in 2014, he’s started a career in IT consulting, established two non-profit organizations, written a book, and more.

Today we speak with Brandon Miller, serial entrepreneur and author. Brandon has authored the book "Intersection" and a workbook "BrandU".

Brandon Miller is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about technology, workplace diversity, fitness, and minority entrepreneurship. Brandon is also the founder of "Be Great" as well as the co-founder of The Black Burdell and The Too Fly Foundation. In this episode, Brandon talks with us about being great, personal growth, and the spirit of black travel.

Although motivated to succeed in their individual ventures, entrepreneurs Brandon Miller and Simone Moreland joined together to package the wisdom attained from 30+ interviews into an innovative guidebook.

Professional services firm Clarkston Consulting today introduced the IDEA Seminar Series, an innovative, action-based diversity and inclusion training program aiming to replace the routine, check-the-box diversity programs of the past. Each IDEA Seminar provides attendees with a platform to Inform, Discuss, Engage, and Act on an issue related to Inclusion, Diversity, and Equality in Action.