A White Guy’s Perspective on Safety/DE&I with Wayne Pignolet

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Wayne Pignolet, the Head of Operations at White Males, as Full Diversity Partners (WMFDP). Given the reality that a psychosocial hazard is a psychosocial factor perceived or experienced by the individual exposed, it should be no surprise that people of different ages, races, gender or sexual identity, socioeconomic status, and ability status will have different perceptions and experiences in workplaces. And while it’s common for women and people of color to be viewed as full partners in efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion, it is not as common to have white men viewed the same. Wayne will discuss his lived experience as a self-described "privileged kid" and successful business owner, combined with a life-changing workplace injury, to focus on the critical intersection between safety, diversity, equity, and belonging. He believes that change in this space is about leadership from those that represent the majority of those in these positions in the American economy, white men. He and his colleagues at WMFDP suggest that leadership that needs to take place is not a “zero-sum” proposition but an opportunity for true personal and organizational benefit.