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The workplace is supposed to be neutral. "If you work hard you\'re going to rise, and that\'s all you need to do is put your head down and work, and all will be ok," Deepa Purushothaman shares before adding, "And I think that\'s wrong. That sets up a lot of people for struggle." 
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\\nFor many, the tone of work culture is defined on a peer to peer level and a manager to peer level, which explains why many people are leaving their roles. Oftentimes it boils down to "My manager doesn\'t get me, doesn\'t understand, is talking over me," Deepa explains to host Jess Von Bank on our Now of Work podcast. As the Co-Founder of nFormation Deepa Purushothaman is focused on providing safe, brave, and new spaces for women of color at work: 
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\\n"Part of my work is talking about how the structure is differentiating and how the structure has its flaws, and it\'s ok to talk about that. It\'s important to understand that the experience is different, because if we don\'t understand it\'s different, we\'re not going make it better." 
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\\nIn this engaging chat, Jess and Deepa not only talk about work structures and systems, they talk about what many women of color are doing after they resign (hint: it\'s not necessarily moving on to another job), why putting WOC in leadership seats is not always the best solution, why allyship is not enough, and how HR can and should listen--in a different way. Plus, they discuss Deepa\'s book: The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America. LISTEN: 
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