John Gerzema

How Women (And the
Men Who Think Like them)
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CBS News: The Future of Civil Rights Must Be Gender Equality

What needs to happen in the next 50 years for equality to be fully-realized in the U.S.? Consider employment, income, wealth and political power, and it's hard to escape the fact that gender equality must be our leading goal when it comes to the future of civil rights. Beyond the hard data, it's hard to...

Huffington Post: We All Feel Too Busy, Something's Gotta Give

We are, too many of us, busy to the point of distress. The demands of work, the needs of those we love, and our own requirements for a healthy happy life, can seem impossible to satisfy. In response, we search for some factual ground to stand on. In an effort to understand our situation we wonder: Is life today more...

Ford Trends 2015: The Female Frontier

athena doctrine

On June 25th, I spoke at the 2014 Ford Trends Conference in Dearborn, Michigan – a three day media event whose speaker line-up included Harvard Business School professor and author Clayton Christenson, designer Kenneth Cole and Mark Fields, the incoming Ford CEO. I spoke on a panel titled “The Female...

S.H.E. Summit: Unlocking 21st Century Opportunities for Girls through Computer Science Education

I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at the S.H.E. Summit: The Global Women's Leadership & Lifestyle Event last week where we had a riveting discussion on how we can take STEM to the next level and integrate girls more seamlessly into the field of science. The panelists included Rita J. King, Executive...

PSFK: How Diversity Makes Tech a Stronger Industry

PSFK Managing Editor Dory Carr-Harris brought together Nikki Kauffman, Rachel Sklar, Jessica Lawrence and myself for a panel on how to achieve diversity in the workplace at PSFK Conference 2014. The panel discussed the qualities of ideal leadership and how diversity can be attained for a better functioning workplace....

Medill: Hall of Achievement

John was selected as one of six alumni to be inducted into the for Medill Hall of Achievement in 2014. He was among fellow inductees whose backgrounds spanned advertising, public relations, investigative reporting, broadcast and sportswriting and cartooning.

The Shriver Report The Fourth Wall of Empathy

Empathy

When Rick Raemisch, Colorado’s new Chief of Corrections, asked to spend time in solitary confinement at a prison in Cañon City, some people thought he had lost it. But Raemisch, in an effort to ignite a larger discussion about the overuse of solitary confinement, knew he needed to walk the walk in...

PSFK: Why Women Make Better Business Leaders

In anticipation of the PSFK 2014 conference in a couple of weeks, I participated in an interview about the leadership qualities that are valued in modern business, the media, and the political landscape alike. What inspired you to write the Athena Doctrine? My reasoning for writing the book was twofold. The...

Huffington Post: IWD 2014: Building Your Career Capital

The first National Women’s Day was observed in the United States on February 28, 1909 to honor the garment workers’ strike, which had protested unsatisfactory working conditions in factories. As of almost forty years ago in 1975, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on March...

Huffington Post: Overcoming Unconscious Biases Against Female Bosses

"I went on Yahoo and asked, 'What's the poorest country in Asia?'...I saw the photos of Bangladesh and thought, 'Oh my God.' The next thing I thought was, 'I should go there.'" - Eriko Yamaguchi, Founder, Motherhouse As I was speaking on a panel last week at The United Nations...