Thriving in Intersectionality
Thriving in Intersectionality is a leadership podcast exploring how identity, lived experience, and culture shape the way we lead, work, and build impact. Hosted by Dr. Lola Adeyemo — leadership strategist, researcher, and founder of EQImindset and Immigrants in Corporate — the show features thoughtful conversations with executives, founders, scholars, and changemakers navigating leadership at the intersections of identity and influence. Through interviews and solo reflections, each episode examines how leaders make decisions, build belonging, navigate complexity, and grow their careers while shaping more human, inclusive workplaces. Listeners gain practical insight, real-world leadership stories, and research-informed perspectives on culture, power, and professional growth. If you care about leading with intention, building cultures where people thrive, and understanding how lived experience informs leadership — this podcast is for you.
Thriving in Intersectionality
Latest Episodes
EP 145: The People Who Change Our Path with Dr. Desiree Williams
Sometimes the person who changes the direction of your life enters it when neither of you knows what that moment will become.Before Dr. Desiree Williams built a 20+ year career in healthcare leadership, she was a teenage mother and later...
EP 144: What Happens When You Stop Proving and Start Choosing with Trisha Daho
What happens when you've built a successful career—and finally ask whether the life you're building is actually the one you want?Trisha Daho had done what many professionals spend years working toward. She made partner at a Big Fo...
EP 143: Leading for Results Without Losing the Humans with Kathy Miller
What does it look like to pursue exceptional business results without sacrificing the people responsible for producing them?Kathy Miller started working on a factory floor at 17 years old. She went on to lead global operations acr...
EP 142: The Value of a Nonlinear Career with Kim Peirano
What if the parts of your career that look disconnected on paper are actually the experiences that make you uniquely equipped for the work you're doing now?Kim Peirano's career has been anything but linear. She studied te...
EP 141: The Strengths We Bring — First-Generation Leadership with Joaquin Martinez
In this episode of Thriving in Intersectionality, Dr. Lola Adeyemo sits down with Joaquin Martinez, global energy leader, entrepreneur, author of The Super Generation, and founder of Mariposa Energy Consulting.Joaquin g...