Episode 182: Doing What Matters
/Lauren Tucker is a longtime advertising executive and, as a Black female, she's rather unusual in that industry.
The last time we spoke she was finding it tough to land a job in her field in a new city. Today she runs her own successful inclusion management business, Do What Matters, where she grapples with everything from cultural blind spots to terrible job descriptions.
Still, Lauren is itching to find out what's around the corner. Looking back, she sees a career that despite her ambitions was largely controlled by others. Her job's demands influenced what she did with her life. Today, she wants her job to be in service of her life - and her perspective on life has changed quite a bit in the last few turbulent years.
She still has a lot to do.
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