Lauren Wesley Wilson on Making Competitive Industries More Inclusive

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Wesley Wilson worked for politicians and crisis comms firms for years before she decided to start her own organization, ColorComm. ColorComm started as a luncheon series over ten years ago, and now has grown to become the nation’s leading women’s platform addressing diversity & inclusion across the communications, marketing, advertising, and media industries. This week, Lauren told us how she sought out to make the notoriously competitive communications industry more inclusive. In this episode, Lauren shares: How she navigated a cutthroat industry when she was starting out Why she knew she needed to start ColorComm What she gave up to found ColorComm How she made the time and space for her personal life The goals she created for her personal life

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0:00.0	I was working in those environments where I didn't see any people of color at the time
0:07.8	who looked like me who were in leadership.
0:10.6	So I was really wanting to find mentors.
0:14.4	Really, it was not just mentors who looked like me because I think you're going to have mentors
0:18.6	who don't look like you, but it was more about if you don't see those examples, are you
0:23.3	going to be able to rise yourself in those environments?
0:26.6	And I think that's what made me so fearful was I personally going to be able to advance
0:32.8	or get ahead if I didn't see people who looked like me.
0:39.2	I'm Carly Zaken, and I'm Danielle Weisberg, welcome to 9-5-ish with The Skin.
0:45.0	We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed
0:50.4	advice and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:54.7	And that's what we're bringing you with this show, each week we're helping you get what
0:58.4	you want out of your career by talking to the smartest leaders we know because we know
1:03.2	your work life is a lot more than 9-5.
1:06.8	Alright, let's get into it.
1:11.0	Today our guest is Lauren Wesley Wilson.
1:14.2	She is the founder of Colorcom Inc, which is a national platform dedicated to advancing
1:19.4	people of color in the communications industry.
1:22.6	Colorcom encompasses a membership organization, national leadership conferences, a fellows
1:27.8	program, a men of color community, and so much more.
1:31.8	Prior to founding the network, Lauren worked in PR in communications at some of the biggest
1:36.3	crisis-com firms in Washington, D.C. and for politicians, including House Representative
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