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Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown
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A Culture Worth Celebrating with Dr. Joel A Davis Brown

In his new book, The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice, Dr. Joel A Davis Brown uncovers the cultural values and leadership dimensions of the queer community. He also examines what we can all learn from LGBTQ+ leadership wisdom and how to avoid critical missteps. Sound a lot like what we're all about on this show? It is! Join us as we explore how Joel developed into the leader, researcher, and storyteller he is today and as we get to 'nerd out' about LGBTQ+ leadership development!

To learn more about Joel and his work, check out his company at pneumos.com

Highlights
  • ​(04:45): Unwavering Belief in the Brilliance and Wisdom of Queer People
  • (09:30): Queerness allows me to embrace Diversity and Creativity
  • (17:00): Lack of Diverse Queer Role Models Limits our Understanding of Possibilities
  • (31:00): The Unconscious Incompetence of Well-Meaning Allies Perpetuates Stereotypes
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Guest Biography

​Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown is the Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos LLC, a management consulting and coaching firm based in San Francisco, USA, and Nairobi, Kenya, specializing in organizational strategy and culture, transformational leadership, global inclusion, executive coaching, conflict resolution, and strategic storytelling.

Joel is an adjunct professor at the IESEG School of Management in Paris & Lille, France, where he teaches Storytelling for Leaders and Story Listening. As a change agent, Joel works strategically to cultivate innovative, creative, and adaptive environments where the cultural genius of everyone can be harnessed and leveraged successfully.

Joel is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the Virginia School of Law, and received his doctorate in Educational Leadership from Saint Mary’s College in May 2018. He also received an executive degree in design thinking, peace education, and global citizenship from La Universidad de La Paz in Costa Rica. Joel is also a nationally-recognized spoken word artist in the United States and, in what brought him to our attention, the author of “The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ Cultural Values Can Transform Your Leadership Practice.
Show Notes
Season 1, Episode 16

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Guest: Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown
​Host: Liz Cavallaro
Host: Bree Fram
Audio: Frieda Garcia
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