Inclusion at Work by No Limits Media

Podcast episodes

• Season 2

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  Interview with Daniel Smorkowski, Sargent Shriver Global Messenger and Special Olympics Athlete

  Interview with Daniel Smorkowski, Sargent Shriver Global Messenger and Special Olympics Athlete

  S02 E07

  28:30

  Daniel Smrokowski is a Sargent Shriver Global Messenger, a Special Olympics athlete in basketball and swimming, a graduate of Roosevelt University in journalism, an employee at United Airlines and the host of the award winning podcast Special Chronicles.

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  Interview with US Senator Tammy Duckworth

  Interview with US Senator Tammy Duckworth

  S02 E06

  28:30

  Tammy Duckworth is the junior U.S. senator from Illinois, a former Blackhawk pilot in Iraq, and a highly decorated, retired Lt. Colonel from the Army National Guard.

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  Interview with Jim Sinocchi of Disability Inclusion Strategies, LLC

  Interview with Jim Sinocchi of Disability Inclusion Strategies, LLC

  S02 E05

  01:00:55

  Jim Sinocchi has a 40-year history with disability inclusion strategies since 1976, when he joined the IBM Corporation. After his retirement, he joined JP Morgan Chase in 2016. Jim spent 6 years with the bank as its first head of the “Office of Disability Inclusion.” He established policies and strategies to oversee and provide accommodations, accessibility and assimilation solutions for employees with disabilities worldwide. He also led, created and developed business processes, to ensure people with disabilities would assimilate into the bank’s robust culture, whether joining as a new employee or as a current employee at the firm. During his tenure with the bank, Jim worked closely with senior managers to develop consistent policies and strategies across JPMorgan Chase & Co. that better supported employees with disabilities. This work was done with employees, managers and executives – including senior executives -- who were essential to the success of the mission to include disability as an equal platform within the diversity, equity and business inclusion model. Background: Jim sustained a spinal cord injury early in his business career while employed with IBM at the age of 25. He made championing the “abilities” of people with disabilities an imperative in his life. Throughout his career, he actively created awareness and understanding of disability inclusion through his blog, “View From the Chair.” He has served on several boards, including Jawonio, Respectability, The Viscardi Center, and others during his activism. At IBM, Jim served as the corporate communications director for IBM's diversity workforce communications organization, working with disability advocates to ensure the company was a technology leader and employer of choice for the disability community. Jim holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University. He is married to his wife Maggie, and boasts a son and daughter, and their two grandchildren.

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  Interview with Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

  Interview with Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

  S02 E04

  50:55

  Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc is Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and based at the Health Policy Research Center, Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Iezzoni has conducted numerous studies examining the health care experiences of persons with disability. Her book Making Their Days Happen: Paid Personal Assistance Services Supporting People with Disability Living in Their Homes and Communities was just published. During the 2022-2023 academic year, she is the Sally Starling Seaver Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Dr. Iezzoni is a member of the National Academy of Medicine in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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  Interview with Author and Senior Editor at The Atlantic, John Hendrickson

  Interview with Author and Senior Editor at The Atlantic, John Hendrickson

  S02 E03

  50:39

  John Hendrickson is a Senior Editor at The Atlantic and the author of Life on Delay: Making Peace With a Stutter, coming January 2023 from Knopf. Life on Delay is a reported memoir that grew out of his Atlantic feature "What Joe Biden Can’t Bring Himself to Say," which was read by more than 2 million people and named one of the best stories of 2019 by Longform. John has spoken about stuttering, politics, and journalism on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, and at colleges and universities across the country. Before joining The Atlantic, he wrote and edited for Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The Denver Post. He lives in New York City with his wife.