https://www.ft.com/content/0fefb486-da16-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482

Meeting her in person, it is easy to see why. Six feet tall and wearing a bright yellow dress, she has a charisma and optimism that is infectious; despite all the turbulence at Uber (Kalanick was ousted by investors in June, just weeks after she joined), she remains unflappably upbeat. “Companies can change. Culture can change. We have seen our society and our world change dramatically in the last 50 years, in terms of how people are treated, by their gender or by the colour of their skin,” she says.

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She says she still draws on a lot of the same skills she developed in the middle-school cafeteria. “To be a black woman in this type of environment means that you are constantly looking for ways to connect to people,” she says. “When you are an outsider you don’t have that same foundation, so you have to work harder to communicate.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3824800&forum_id=2#34889863)

that being said, she is now set for life as she will be an auto-hire for any business that wants diversity in the senior ranks of their marketing organization given her credentials (pepsi, apple, uber) and high profile.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3824800&forum_id=2#34889943)

TED Talk - How EVEN I failed to fix the toxic masculinity at UBER

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3824800&forum_id=2#34890127)

it works out - "look waht i did"

it doenst work out - "i tried my best, but tech/US isnt ready, lemme jump to literally any company i want as chief diversity officer"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3824800&forum_id=2#34890133)

While Saint John felt the work she was doing at Uber was important, there were other things Uber needed to take care of before she could be most impactful, she said. For example, Uber still has work to do around corporate culture, she said. As you all may remember, Uber had a horrific 2017, with reports of sexual harassment, mismanagement and an overall toxic culture. While Uber has taken some steps in the right direction, there is still work to be done, Saint John said.

“I’m not saying the corporate culture has righted itself 100 percent,” she said. “Or it’s where it needs to be today. It isn’t. There’s still a lot to be done in that regard.”

She went on to say that she never wanted to use Uber’s small wins around human resources and culture as marketing. Instead, it needed to be done because it was the right thing to do — not just to make Uber look good. Unfortunately, that left Saint John with “a huge gaping hole,” she said.

At Uber, Saint John said she had some personal work wins — like the partnership with LeBron James and Kevin Durant. She pointed to how powerful it was when James spoke about being a black man in America.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3824800&forum_id=2#36228223)