The latest episode of the Creative Class Podcast features a thoughtful and deeply personal conversation with Miri Rodriguez, Senior Storyteller for the Future of Work at Microsoft. Spanning topics from immigrant identity and brand storytelling to artificial intelligence and wellness, the interview offers a rare look at how narrative, empathy, and lived experience shape meaningful communication in today’s digital economy.
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- Written by: Meres J. Weche
Tony West on leadership, culture, and corporate accountability
A conversation with Tony West at a turning point for Uber, exploring leadership during crisis, corporate culture reform, and what accountability looks like inside a global tech company. From rebuilding trust to advancing equity across borders, the discussion offers a rare inside view of values-driven leadership in practice.
In this engaging podcast episode, I sat down with Tony West, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Uber, for a wide-ranging conversation about leadership under pressure, corporate culture, and the responsibility that global companies carry in moments of social reckoning. The interview took place at a pivotal time, coinciding with Uber Canada’s launch of Black Business Direct in partnership with the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce, and against the backdrop of deeper conversations about equity, accountability, and trust.
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- Written by: Meres J. Weche
In this episode of World In My Eyes, I speak with Julia Cosgrove, Editor-in-Chief of Afar Media, about how travel journalism adapted during the pandemic, why representation and responsibility now sit at the centre of travel storytelling, and what it means to treat travel as a force for good. From Afar’s digital growth and editorial pivots to the enduring value of print and long-form narratives, our conversation explores how curiosity, empathy, and intention can reshape the future of travel media.
Travel stopped, but curiosity did not. In a moment when borders closed, and the world shrank to our living rooms, the best travel storytelling carried a different responsibility: to inform with empathy, entertain without escapism, and remind people that the world would still be there when it was safe to return.
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If one word can capture the essence of the creative process, I would argue that it would be: colour. Some of my earliest and most vivid childhood memories are intimately tied with colours.