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Build a Vibrant Culture PodcastIgnite your company culture with the Build a Vibrant Culture podcast. Author: Nicole Greer
Ignite your company culture with the Build a Vibrant Culture podcast! We bring together incredible leaders, trailblazing entrepreneurs, and expert visionaries to share the secrets to their success, explore real-world challenges, and reveal what it truly takes to lead with energy, passion, and purpose as a VIBRANT Leader. Tune in every week as Nicole Greer dives deep with a new inspiring guest, delivering fresh insights and actionable wisdom to elevate your leadership game! Subscribe now and leave a review to help drive the future of creating vibrant workplaces! Need a speaker, trainer, or coach? Visit our website today: www.vibrantculture.com Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/build-a-vibrant-culture-nicole-greer/ Want to be a guest on the show? Email Nicole@vibrantculture.com Language: en Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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The Inclusive Mindset: One Conversation at a Time with Justin Jones-Fosu
Episode 240
Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
What if the secret to building a vibrant culture isn’t a big initiative—but one meaningful human connection at a time? In this episode, Nicole welcomes leadership speaker, author, and inclusion strategist Justin Jones-Fosu for a rich conversation on The Inclusive Mindset and the everyday practices that make diversity and belonging come alive in our organizations.Together, Nicole and Justin explore the difference between inclusive and exclusion mindsets, why embracing difference creates stronger cultures, and how curiosity, humility, and intentional connection can reshape how we lead.Justin shares powerful stories—from hugging styles to growth mindsets to dancing in Peru—that beautifully illustrate what inclusion can look like in the real world. You’ll learn practical strategies like the Power of Three, 1 Meaningful Connection Per Week, and the Circles of Grace Challenge.Get ready for a vibrant, actionable, heart-expanding conversation that will inspire you to look at diversity, belonging, and everyday leadership through a fresh and hopeful lens.Vibrant Highlights:[00:03:26] – The Hug Metaphor for Approaching DiversityJustin explains why our “hug style” reveals how we engage with diversity—and why leaning in with openness creates more meaningful interactions.[00:17:41] – Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset in Inclusion WorkFrom skiing in Vail to falling off bikes, Justin and Nicole unpack how embracing failure and “not yet” thinking transforms our ability to connect across difference.[00:46:13] – The Peru Dance Circle: A Masterclass in BelongingJustin shares his story about Pantera, the dancer who welcomed him into a circle in Lima—illustrating what genuine invitation and inclusion look like in action.Connect with Justin:Justin's books, including The Inclusive MindsetJustin's website: https://workmeaningful.com/Also mentioned in this episode:Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck Listen at vibrantculture.com/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts!Book Nicole to help your organization ignite clarity, accountability, and energy through her SHINE™ Coaching Methodology.Visit vibrantculture.comEmail: nicole@vibrantculture.comWatch Nicole’s TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/SMbxA90bfXE
