Julia Taylor Kennedy is senior vice president and senior fellow at the Center for Talent Innovation, where she drives qualitative research and writes reports on gender and diversity in the workplace.
Previously, she was a program officer at Carnegie Council.
Taylor Kennedy has advised speakers for platforms like the World Economic Forum and the United Nations, and collaborated on articles published in Forbes, Time, and academic journals. She has designed and facilitated sessions at The Conference Board, the UN and Carnegie Council, among others. Taylor Kennedy also hosted and produced 51%, a public radio show on gender issues, and reported for NPR and NPR member stations. She earned a MA of international relations from Yale University and a journalism degree from Northwestern University.
Featured Work
JUN 17, 2015 • Podcast
A Conversation with Ashoka Founder Bill Drayton on Social Entrepreneurship
For millennia, the world was organized around efficiency and repetition, says Bill Drayton, but now this system is being replaced by a world organized around ...
JUN 11, 2015 • Podcast
Why We Cheat: Stories of Dishonesty and Human Nature from Dan Ariely and Others
In this last installment of our three-part series on workplace ethics in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we take an honest look at cheating. According to ...
MAY 18, 2015 • Podcast
Ethical Negotiation: Not an Oxymoron
In this second podcast in our collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we examine negotiation. Turning again to behavioral science for insight, we learn that transparency and ...
APR 13, 2015 • Podcast
Ethical Systems Design: Bringing Behavioral Science Into Corporate Life
This is the first in a series of podcasts in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org to explore behavioral science in the workplace. In this installment, we're ...
MAR 5, 2015 • Podcast
Dual Legacy: The Effect of Business Thinking on the Social Sector
This month on "Impact," we're taking a close look at a huge issue--legacy. In this case, we're examining how it relates to contemporary philanthropy and ...
JAN 16, 2015 • Podcast
Politics and Profits of Academia
Even if universities are not for profit, budgets loom large in higher education--and global markets hold revenue potential. In this episode, we look at three ...
DEC 16, 2014 • Podcast
The Business of Humanitarian Aid and Philanthropy: A Case Study
By using a single organization, SaveLIFE Foundation in India, as a case study, this episode of Impact explores how NGOs in emerging markets adopt business ...
OCT 31, 2014 • Podcast
The Bright Side to Big Data: Good Intentions and Ethical Questions
We wrap up our three-part series on data and privacy with a look at some ways big data can improve our communities. Technology and big ...
OCT 8, 2014 • Podcast
Data Threats: Hackers, Government Agencies, and Defending Data Online
Cybersecurity risks increases daily as more and more of our private information is stored online--and the biggest threat isn't necessarily hackers. This second episode in ...
SEP 5, 2014 • Podcast
Big Data, Virginia Woolf, and the Right to be Forgotten
As a society, we're still developing vocabulary to talk about data technology and the moral questions it raises. In this first of a series of ...