Gabberish #13: The Diversity Issue
Guest edited by Ogilvy ECD David Ponce de Leon, the thirteenth issue of Gabberish, creative therapy for creative minds, is out today.
This issue explores Diversity, and features interviews with three creative leaders from diverse backgrounds: Sharon Condy, Ogilvy Melbourne creative director; Tea Uglow, vegetarian-very-tall-trans-woman and Google Labs APAC creative director; and Ant Melder, creative partner of Coffee Cocoa Gunpowder and brains and voice behind the Brown Riot podcast.
The issue also includes a Diversity Score Sheet to see how your agency is doing (start by counting how many Bens are in your office); a Pink Dollar Pitch, confessions of a drag-queen-social-creative, and thoughts on disability, race, and representation.
This is the first issue of Gabberish to have been created by a guest editor, with more issues due to roll out featuring editors from across the industry over the next twelve months.
Says Siobhan Fitzgerald, founder of Gabberish and associate creative director at M&C Saatchi: “I’d noticed Ogilvy creatives contributing to Gabberish tended to come from a wide variety of backgrounds. So when we came to tackle the important issue of Diversity it seemed right to hand it over to a creative leader who is walking the walk in his hiring process. A Colombian-Spanish-Italian-Israeli-Australian-Latino-Jewish man, David has brought in a variety of voices to bring fresh ideas to this conversation.”
Says Ponce de Leon: “We’ve done this with utmost love and respect for diversity, tolerance and inclusion in all its forms and through an eclectic mix of creative collaborators and leaders at all levels of this marvelous industry. There’s much to touch upon and we might never be fully done. Let’s see this as just a humble beginning. We hope you like it.”
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4 Comments
Oh finally.
I have been really hanging out for somebody to discuss this Diversity business.
Well first be Gabberish.
Diversity requires inclusivity, and inclusivity oftentimes requires flexibility. Not as a nice to have, but a need to have. Just something to keep in mind, those in hiring positions.
Should perhaps include a discussion about the insidious ageism which prevails in our industry and certainly evident at almost all Australian agencies.
Why is it that when an agency tries to promote a positive action, they get cut down? The change isn’t going to happen overnight, it starts from the bottom up. We’ll get there. Until then good on Ogilvy for fuelling the conversation.