What Makes A Great DEI Policy With The NBA's Chief DEI Officer

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🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The NBA's Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Lesley Slaton Brown sat down with Forbes Senior Writer Jabari Young to talk about the state of DEI in the business world, how the NBA strives to leave an impact wherever they go, and what makes a great DEI policy. Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes: http://forbes.com Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here in Indianapolis at the 2024 NBA All-Star game and at the 24th annual Tech Summit,
0:09.0	joined by Leslie Slaeton Brown, Chief D.E. Officer of the NBA.
0:13.4	Thank you so much for joining me.
0:14.4	Thank you for having you.
0:15.4	I appreciate it.
0:16.4	So when you come to Tech Summit, like is there something that you are looking for
0:19.8	and is something that you're looking to learn
0:21.4	when you leave this building.
0:22.8	Wow, you know what?
0:24.3	So I have to say, first of all, Tech Summit is my favorite part of All-Star.
0:30.0	Mine's too.
0:31.0	I usually try to get out after.
0:32.0	Yeah, it is. And having come out of the tech
0:34.3	industry so for me it is looking at what's our latest and greatest innovation
0:39.2	yeah and so Adam Silver just talked about the NBA I A, N B I A.
0:45.0	And so when I look at that, I look at the technology that we're bringing in
0:52.0	and making sure that we're looking at it from a
0:55.0	lens in which when you think about representation, when you think about business
0:59.8	impact, I'd like to look at it from that lens and bring in, you know, our view of the work that I do in the
1:09.6	tech part of what we're doing and making sure that we're going to stay on course with that.
1:14.0	Nice.
1:15.0	Well here we are in February, right?
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