In his Think 2024 keynote address, SVP and Director of Research for IBM, Darío Gil spoke about the evolution of AI — from a field of study to an emerging set of tools and resources that billions of people now rely on for information and business rely on for the growth and/or success of their products and services. One of the growing concerns involves the potential impacts of Gen AI and LLM tools on everything from cybersecurity and applications, to the archival of history for marginalized groups of people here in the U.S. Listen in as tech policy leader and maternal health advocate, Erica Shoemate shares how she is helping to shape the future of AI by ensuring that it is culturally informed and inclusive.

According to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness millions of people across the country are affected by mental health conditions each year. People just like us who show up everyday to work, perform, create, compete, laugh, love and inspire those around them — All while suffering in silence with something that is still widely misunderstood. Research published by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration suggests that 1 in 5 American adults have or will experience a mental health condition in a given year, while 1 in 6 children and/or young adults have experienced a major depressive episode. Listen in as former Miss Texas International and the President of the Grant Halliburton Foundation for Young Professionals shares how her experience with the effects of mental health lead her to help others win their battle with this disease.

It’s a well-known fact that bullies are everywhere. News and social media outlets often share stories of children being bullied at school and online at alarming rates. But what happens when your bully isn’t a child, and the playground is your place of work? In case study published by Purdue University in 2022, researches found that an estimated 48.6 million Americans are bullied at work. Of those bullied, nearly 52% were in non-managerial roles, while 40% were in leadership or management roles. These numbers may seem alarming to some, but for Zenica Chatman they aren’t surprising at all. Listen in as she shares how she took her experience and used it to help other women of color disrupt workplace bullying.  

Everyone feels like an imposter at some point in their life or career. It’s inevitable because we live in a culture that says if you don’t fit in the boxes that have already been created, labeled and set aside for you then you don’t belong.

What do you do when life throws you a curveball that changes the entire trajectory of your life and forces you to rethink everything from your calling to your career? Do you lean in an embrace the new path or do you fold under the pressure and question everything that you thought you once knew? This is the very place that Jill Quinn found herself at only 19 years old. Listen in as she shares her journey from the bright lights of the theater stage to Illuminate. 

FOMO. We hear a lot about it these days. But what does it really mean to experience the phenomenon of feeling like your are missing out on something? Tune in as we SHIFT our mindsets and break the cycle of needing to compare ourselves and our lives to everyone else around us.

Imagine trading in a six-figure job with a 401K, benefits and a bonus structure that most can only dream about for a paint brush and a blank canvas. To some this might sound crazy, but for Melissa Herriott is sounded like an opportunity to bet on herself and get back to the very thing that sparked joy in her as a child. Listen in as she shares how her love of art led her to design the life of her dreams.

New name. Same candid conversations. Welcome to season two of SHIFT Podcast.