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WorkshopsBlogLoginGet in TouchWith over 20 years of experience in television and media, Naomi Sesay has dedicated her career to advocating for diversity and inclusion and pioneering social enterprise.
In her recent roles at Channel 4, she served as the On Screen Diversity Executive and Interim Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Additionally, she held the position of Head of Innovation and Diversity at Media Trust.
Naomi has delivered training to various organizations, including Google, YouTube, NBC Universal, IPA, and MTV, showcasing her expertise in Diversity & Inclusion.
In 2015, she was honoured with the IDOX award for journalism, recognizing the significant impact of her work in empowering local individuals and creating vibrant communities for them to thrive.
Naomi is also the founder and director of Billionaire Ladies Club, a global network of ambitious women striving to make a difference through entrepreneurship.
She has developed life-changing workshops such as Create Change, an entrepreneurship program for women facing economic challenges, and Reality Check, a program for young people. These initiatives are paving the way for a more enlightened collective human consciousness.
As a captivating and thought-provoking speaker, Naomi challenges audiences to explore their emotional and cultural intelligence to foster a truly diverse workforce. She has shared her insights on connecting, resonating, and effectively leading diverse teams with audiences from Warner Bros, Heathrow, Viacom, McCann, and UN Women.
As a speaker, Naomi offers your team insights into diversity and inclusion, empowering you to foster a truly diverse workforce. Her expertise will challenge and expand your emotional and cultural intelligence, enabling effective leadership and connectivity within diverse teams and ultimately driving innovation and success in your business.
Despite technological and scientific advancements, humanity often repeats social errors, indicating a limited understanding of ourselves. Our inner potential remains largely untapped, overshadowed by external focus. Diversifying the workforce is crucial, yet change is slow. "Hidden in Plain Sight" challenges this paradigm, exploring how existing knowledge traps us in unconscious patterns. Naomi's keynote delves into emotional and cultural intelligence, demystifying barriers to change. Through interactive examples and thought leadership tools, audiences experience a transformative shift towards diverse thought and action. By uncovering unconscious biases and fostering palpable connections, attendees are empowered to engage and enact meaningful change.
In today's dynamic corporate landscape, inclusive leadership is indispensable for organizational progress, particularly when leading diverse teams with varied needs and cultures. Ignoring these nuances risks breeding discontent and chaos. "Cutting Edge Leadership" delves into the intricacies of diversity, offering innovative tools for effective leadership in the D&I realm. Naomi's keynote explores thought leadership and harnesses scientific breakthroughs to empower leaders in connecting and leading diverse cohorts. By embracing conscious change and adapting novel strategies, organizations can unlock immense value, creativity, and profitability. This thought-provoking talk challenges conventional wisdom, offering fresh perspectives to elevate leadership performance and foster organizational agility.
We are all hardwired to hear stories. We instinctively tune into stories that resonate and shine a little into our inner thoughts. Stories entice, enthral, inspire, warn dictate and command, amongst other things. The most powerful stories resonate with the human psych so intensely, that a call to action is initiated from within the hearts and minds of the recipient. This type of storytelling is born from layers of truth that come from experience and mirrors a deep sense of yearning or longing. Emotional storytelling weaves a journey and arrives at a clear destination. The best stories have universal appeal, is inclusive of everyone and only the listener can decipher the personal meaning. The Golden Thread interactive keynote takes the audience through a fun and insightful process, recreating the art of powerful storytelling through the lens of Diversity and Inclusion. By using your voice, body language, tonality, timbre and cadence, you and your team will discover why stories are the essence of learning and growth. The skill of visionary storytelling not only creates business and social coherence, unity, and innovation, but puts you, the audience in the centre of canvas. The invisible thread of good story telling entangles our minds and binds us closer together.