Green Jobs, Second Chances, and Policy - Nisha Anand, Dream.org

And that's what we're about at dream.org.

Thank you for sharing.

That resonates so much with me about like having different perspectives at the table.

I was just at a conference, Climate Idea Aspen in Chicago.

And one of the things that was like I took away was the models and the business models that worked for the last 200 years, you know, post-industrial revolution may not work going forward.

And as we are building these new models, let's do it the right way by bringing different perspectives.

And that means across generations and ages.

demographics and it, you know, it could be different in different ways.

And it's not just like a token of like, oh, I have representation from this group and yeah, checkbox, but really thinking through how can we build for the next like 50 years, 100 years.

So what you said really, really resonated with me.

Yeah, it can't be token.

I think you hit on something that's really important.

You can't just be checking a box to have person at a table.

You have to be, when you're checking off that box, you have to be thinking, they know something I don't.

They have access to a blind spot that I don't see.

So when I'm inviting them to the table, it's not just a box.

It's because I believe they're going to tell me something I didn't know otherwise.

And that's been true.

If you open yourself up in that way and just don't think, oh, I'm, you know, inviting this, you know, executive from this company because I got to have them represented or I must have a Republican at the table.

But you're like.

I got to bring in someone that sees the world differently than me, then you will get that.

So I think that's a really important part of the puzzle.

Yeah.

And that's what we're about at dream.org.

Thank you for sharing.

That resonates so much with me about like having different perspectives at the table.

I was just at a conference, Climate Idea Aspen in Chicago.

And one of the things that was like I took away was the models and the business models that worked for the last 200 years, you know, post-industrial revolution may not work going forward.

And as we are building these new models, let's do it the right way by bringing different perspectives.

And that means across generations and ages.

demographics and it, you know, it could be different in different ways.

And it's not just like a token of like, oh, I have representation from this group and yeah, checkbox, but really thinking through how can we build for the next like 50 years, 100 years.

So what you said really, really resonated with me.

Yeah, it can't be token.

I think you hit on something that's really important.

You can't just be checking a box to have person at a table.

You have to be, when you're checking off that box, you have to be thinking, they know something I don't.

They have access to a blind spot that I don't see.

So when I'm inviting them to the table, it's not just a box.

It's because I believe they're going to tell me something I didn't know otherwise.

And that's been true.

If you open yourself up in that way and just don't think, oh, I'm, you know, inviting this, you know, executive from this company because I got to have them represented or I must have a Republican at the table.

But you're like.

I got to bring in someone that sees the world differently than me, then you will get that.

So I think that's a really important part of the puzzle.

Yeah.