Sage Ke'alohilani Quiamno is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and changemaker. She is a nationally-recognized diversity, equity, and inclusion leader with experience in talent diversification, retention, employment development, internal and external DEI communications, DEI training, data analytics, and global DEI strategy. Both personally and professionally, Sage is relentlessly committed to intersectional social justice, advocacy for communities of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, and pay equity. Her work is grounded in centering the experiences of historically underrepresented communities and those with intersectional identities to achieve equity. In her current role she is a global Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion tech leader for Amazon Prime Video & Studios in the global media entertainment industry.
Prior to Amazon, Sage is more widely known as the CEO & co-founder of Future for Us, a community platform with over 20,000+ members whose mission is to advance women of color in the workplace through community, culture, and career development. She has galvanized a nationwide movement to build a future of work reaching new levels of growth through diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her work has been recognized in major media outlets like Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and more. In 2019, she was recognized as one of Seattle's Most Influential People, was honored with the Rising Star award from the National Organization for Women, and was named on The 100 Changemakers list by The Gates Foundation. Sage's work has been invested, endorsed, and publicly recognized by global leaders such as Melinda Gates and Serena Williams.
As a national speaker she has been invited to speak at SXSW and the Women's March, and at large corporations like Microsoft, Twitter, Starbucks, and more. She is a proud Native Hawaiian, originally from the island of O'ahu, who looks at systems, processes, and people with indigenous sense to create a world of equity and belonging.
On the heels of the Great Resignation, we will take a data deep dive into the current status of women leaders in the workplace to learn some of the systemic barriers and challenges they face at work, both in and outside of the office, and let's discuss together how we can create a more equitable workplace environment where all can thrive.
As we continue to scale and grow teams across the globe, that means we must scale & grow our company's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion strategy. Learn the foundational learnings, resources, & tools of creating global-wide Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion tenants to support diverse leaders.
To some degree, we are all biased. Our experiences shape who we are, and our dimensions of diversity—race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other factors—impact the lens through which we view the world. In this course, through compelling examples that explore the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications, let's learn how to recognize and acknowledge your own biases when making decisions, engaging with colleagues, and working effectively in today's organizations. We will discuss the common forms of unconscious bias—affinity bias, halo bias, perception bias, confirmation bias, and group think—and build the skills to effectively address them.
Learn how to shift mindsets and behaviors for better partnership across differences to be a more inclusive leader. Take away fresh insights and skills to help foster a culture of full inclusion where everyone feels valued, respected and engaged. Leaders build skills to be more competent working and leading inclusively and leave ready to take specific action as a change agent in their organizations.