Deloitte sponsors The Design of Business podcast & newsletter

Deloitte is proud to be a sponsor of the 11th season of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, a podcast from Design Observer, hosted by award-winning journalists Ellen McGirt and Jessica Helfand. This season focuses on observing equity and “redesigners” of equity—the people and ideas demonstrating new ways of addressing big problems sustainably by challenging key assumptions about how the world can and should work.

“This has been a breakthrough season for The Design of Business | The Business of Design, and our collaboration with Deloitte is a big part of the reason why,” says Ellen McGirt, Design Observer’s Editor-in-Chief. “Deloitte has been an incredible sponsor and sees the world as it can be.”

Since 2012, The Design of Business | The Business of Design has been a platform for experts from different industries and disciplines to talk about the world, its pressing problems, and the creative solutions that can make lasting, positive change.

“Our mission has always been simple: to expand the definition of design in service of a better world,” says Design Observer co-founder Jessica Helfand. “With so much hanging in the balance this year—the environment, public health, election, the future of AI, and the inequities that can prevent people from fully engaging in joyful, productive lives—these conversations are more urgent than ever.”

Each episode includes a short perspective from Deloitte US Chief Purpose and DEI Officer Kwasi Mitchell on emerging DEI topics, including research from the DEI Institute™. Listen to all 10 episodes:

• S11E1: How to Throw a Party to Change the World with Carrie Mae Weems
• S11E2: How Franklin Leonard is using The Black List to Redesign Hollywood
• S11E3: The Healthy Materials Lab says Everyone Deserves a Healthier Home
• S11E4: Richard Buery and Robin Hood Are Building a Coalition to Tackle Poverty in NYC
• S11E5: WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert on Talent, Activism, and the Business of Basketball
• S11E6: Why an Inclusive Global Economy is a Redesign Project with Mastercard’s Shamina Singh
• S11E7: Using Design to Show the World Your Truth with Dionna Dorsey and Production Designer Olivia Peebles
• S11E8: Poetry is Anti Capitalist with Tracy K. Smith
• S11E9: What’s Love Got to do with Business with Jorge Fontanez
• S11E10: Activism in AI with Google’s Ovetta Sampson

To learn about upcoming episodes and more, sign up for Ellen McGirt’s twice-weekly Equity Observer newsletter, powered by Deloitte. Topics include the latest thinking on inclusive leadership from senior leaders, researchers, and experts; the human side of transformation; and best practices to engage diverse and divergent voices in meaningful dialogue.