Let’s uncover the interests behind “fixing women” programs, unconscious bias training, and allyship overload. — I’m back after a hectic and unpredictable summer break. More about it soon. In the meantime, I want to share with you an article that I published in the economics journal The Mint Magazine about the industrial complex behind diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives and who really gets the benefits…

Time to acknowledge and celebrate the progress made so far — As an inclusion strategist, I always think I’m behind. The inspiring Audre Lorde — who defined herself as “black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet”- captured my feelings very well in the following quote: “Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.” …

Flexible working hasn’t fixed the workplace for caregivers because we haven’t changed how we think about caregiving — When the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, many people told me that finally, we’d be able to cross out all the entrenched gender inequities in the workplace. Women leaving the workforce because of incompatibility with their caregiving duties, the gender pay gap, the lack of women in leadership positions…

Do you tolerate difference, or do you welcome it? — I’ve been part of committees and advisory boards for several years on very varied topics: emerging tech, DEI, customer support, operations… After some reflection, I recently decided that I wanted to broaden my impact, and I started to apply for non-executive board positions. It’s not been easy or quick because…

“No pain, no gain”? I disagree. — How many times have we heard “No pain, no gain”? And variations such as “There is no free meal in the universe”? Or “Work is paid because, otherwise, you won’t do it”? …

And what to do instead — I’ve been a mentor for many years and I’ve had the privilege of receiving advice from fantastic mentors. But I’ve had also tons of bad career advice. Advice that has derailed my professional progression, robbed me of opportunities to stretch myself, and fostered patriarchal thinking. The problem is that because…

You’re helping patriarchy to block your career — I had amazing coaching conversations with my clients about their professional careers this week. A recurrent theme came up: The “evermore education” career trap — using courses, certifications, and programs as barriers to their career progression. This is part of what I call productive procrastination. Productive procrastination The Cambridge Dictionary defines procrastination…

Time is money — except if you’re a woman — I cannot recall how many times I’ve heard women saying that their problem is “time management”. They want to get coached on how they can finally tick all the items off their to-do list and “don’t feel behind” anymore. I’d love to tell you that I fix them, that I…

Patriarchy creates huge personalised encyclopaedias for women and people from underrepresented groups. I share some chapters of mine and how I burnt them. — In May, I delivered a talk to the University of Manchester at the EDIA Colloquium “Women in Science, Industry and Academia”. The title of the talk was How Patriarchy fosters your Perfectionism, Self-criticism and Self-doubt and what you can do about it “. …