Kim BrattainFounder/ CEO, Kim Brattain Media · Award-winning Corporate and Documentary Film Producer

Diana Faison - Flynn Heath Holt

31 Jul 2018 · 2 min

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In this brief talk, Diana Faison urges women to claim personal power that goes beyond formal titles or expertise, emphasizing self‑worth and the right to engage in conversations. She highlights the stark gender gap in corporate boardrooms, noting research that predicts it will take another 80 years to close at the current pace—a timeline she finds unacceptable. Faison calls for women to think bigger, take risks, and aim higher, stressing that achieving this shift requires effort and a willingness to leap beyond comfort zones. She stresses the importance of mutual support, encouraging women to reach out to each other when stuck. Supporting speakers praise her ability to challenge conventional thinking and suggest that her message could spark a widespread movement if it reaches enough women, inspiring them to stand up and project their power.

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This notion of personal power is how you show up, and you use this— not just your expert power, not just your position power, but you use this: I'm good enough, I'm worth it, I can at least have the conversation. We want to see women in these red suits sitting around the corporate boardroom, and I don't see that today. The research tells us if we keep going at this rate, close that gap, it's gonna take another 80 years. I ain't got that kind of time. For women to really think bigger, it flexes a different muscle and it requires some effort, number one. And number two, it does require a bit of a leap, a bit of a risk. And so that's why you've gotta think bigger and aim higher. Here's what I know. You need each other. So when you get stuck, phone a friend. Look out for each other.
She brings so much value, her life experience and her professional experience. I definitely think that she gets people out of their normal realms of thinking.
She could really start an epidemic if she could reach enough women to just say like, hey, you guys can do this. Like, stand up, let people know you can do it, and project your power.
If you don't believe in you, none of these other rules matter. I want you to support each other. And for heaven's sakes, go break a rule or two, would ya?