Sallie Krawcheck, founder of Ellevest and advocate for women's financial empowerment, along with IDEO innovators Jim Yurchenco and Diego Rodriguez, and organizational behavior expert Patricia Hewlin, explore why prioritizing culture fit can stifle individuality. They discuss the emotional toll of conformity and how embracing diverse perspectives can drive innovation. The conversation highlights the importance of hiring for cultural contribution, suggesting that true belonging stems from celebrating unique identities, fostering creativity and enhancing workplace dynamics.

Sallie Krawcheck, founder of Ellevest and advocate for women's financial empowerment, joins IDEO innovators Jim Yurchenco and Diego Rodriguez, along with organizational behavior expert Patricia Hewlin. They explore the pitfalls of prioritizing culture fit, highlighting how it stifles individuality and innovation. The conversation reveals the emotional toll of conformity and underscores the need for diversity in hiring. Embracing 'culture adders' can enhance workplace dynamics, ultimately fostering greater creativity and collaboration.

Learn from Sallie Krawcheck about investing mistakes, wealth gaps, credit card debt, and building wealth. Get insights on gender wealth gaps, financial literacy for women, online security, and relationship finances. Discover tips on overcoming risks in a male-dominated industry and key lessons on money and gender norms.

Taking risks can be the catalyst for immense scale or dire straits. Avoiding taking any risks at all leads to stagnancy and empowered competitors. The key is to know which risks are worth taking, and when and how to take them. This episode highlights the best conversations we’ve had recently about taking advantage of risk and how fortune favors the brave. Featuring New Georgia Project’s Stacey Abrams, Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Bankable Productions & SMiZE Cream’s Tyra Banks, MetricStream’s Shellye Archambeau, Moderna’s Stéphane Bancel, Digital Undivided’s Kathryn Finney, Ellevest’s Sallie Krawcheck, and American Express’s Ken Chenault. Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.comSubscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

J+M start the show by suggesting some Twitter product ideas (1:59), before ripping through a lightning round of news. (16:26) Then, Molly welcomes Ellevest CEO and Co-Founder Sallie Krawcheck to kick off another season of The Next Unicorns! (31:09) (0:00) J+M tee up today's topics! (1:59) Jason suggests some Twitter product ideas (14:48) LinkedIn Marketing -  Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at LinkedIn.com/nextunicorn (16:26) News lightning round: Elizabeth Holmes has sentencing postponed due to incident with a key witness, Europe votes in favor of universal USB-C charging (28:55) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist  (31:09) Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck joins Molly to discuss her women-focused investing platform (39:06) Helpware - Go to https://helpware.com/TWIST to get $1000 off your first invoice (40:31) Ellevest total assets, launch story, COVID's harsher impact on women (51:39) Sallie's background on Wall Street, turning haters into customers (1:00:13) Sallie shares thoughts on the current macro environment Check out Ellevest: https://www.ellevest.com FOLLOW Sallie: https://twitter.com/salliekrawcheck FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood Ellevest State of Women’s Financial Wellness in 2022: https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.assets.ellevest.com/documents/Ellevest-The-State-of-Womens-Financial-Wellness-in-2022.pdf