Instrument On Air

In this episode, host Jessica Hartley, VP of Strategy, is joined by Miasha Nakahara, Associate Creative Director, Jamal Qutub, Associate Director of Visual Craft, and Ramona Todoca, Associate Creative Director, to discuss what it means to be a diverse workforce of thoughtful makers and creators, who are building the bridges between brands and consumers.

In our fourth episode of On Air, Jessica Hartley, VP of Strategy at Instrument, and Tiffany Shumate, Executive Director of Hack the Hood discuss how companies can create safe spaces for diverse talent. We recorded the audio during an ongoing internal education series as part of Instrument's commitment to increase our representation across our disciplines, teams, and leadership.

In this special episode of On Air, Jessica Hartley, VP of Strategy, is joined by Nishat Akhtar, AVP of Creative, and Leon Anderson, Executive Producer. They explore all that’s happened within the last six months, the reality of showing up every day as a BIPOC employee in Corporate America, and their future vision for the diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments that our organization and others made last year. We appreciate the honesty and energy with which these participants engaged in this episode.

Instrument's VP of strategy, Jessica Hartley, is joined by Accenture Senior Research Principal, Tchicaya Robertson, Beacon Raconteur Founder, and Strategic Researcher, Leslie Marable, Instrument Research and Testing Strategist, Morgan Rose, and Instrument Strategy and Research Director, John Whaley to discuss how industries can mitigate racism and bias in research, how we can better approach research and what that research ultimately impacts.

In our first episode, Instrument VP of strategy, Jessica Hartley, is joined by creative director, Nishat Akhtar, strategy director, Ravi Mongia, and executive producer,Leon Anderson, to discuss how industries can deliver transformational change for Black professionals and the steps Instrument is taking to become more anti-racist. Plug in the headphones and give it all a listen.