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PRIYA SALONA: I remember running into a fellow colleague
in the kitchen one day.
And she was recounting a recent challenge with a client.
And she used the phrase, "we were able to do X,"
and, then caught herself and changed it to,
"no, no, I did this."
And I don't think I would have recognized it, caught it.
And maybe she wouldn't have said it before the workshop.
EGLE MAZZONAITE: My first #IamRemarkable session
was real impactful to me.
And I decided to bring it here to Merkle.
And then it kind of took off from there.
JARI ROUAS: On our International Women's Day,
we had over 600 people who participated.
And I think the way Google set up
the workshop just made it approachable and comfortable.
And then we got into the exercises.
And things like, write down three reasons
#IamRemarkable because.
And then people started opening up.
And it was kind of a startling moment.
EGLE MAZZONAITE: It was like a proud mom moment.
It was like, oh, all these people on my teams
now are able to talk about what they accomplished.
LIBBY BARDEN: Diversity is absolutely critical.
When we have different people giving input,
we just have a better outcome.
MICHAEL MCLAREN: And the more information
that you can bring to a challenge,
typically, the better the solution.
JARI ROUAS: I think now we are more conscious of encouraging
each other in meetings.
Some of us talked about how we kept emails or nice things
people said, or reminded each other,
when you leave a meeting, you don't have to get in the cab
and say, oh, I cannot believe I said that.
But think about the things that you did do well.
LIBBY BARDEN: I really believe that women in particular
are getting more comfortable with speaking up.
So yeah, I think there's been a change.
RACHEL SCHNORR: One client actually came down
and participated with us in the office.
And then she thought so highly of it
that she asked for us to come to their office
and facilitate a discussion for her workplace.
LIBBY BARDEN: That partnership between Google and Merkle
is one that has continued to grow well beyond just
generating revenue.
The intent is to weave the #IamRemarkable program
into ongoing training offerings.
MICHAEL MCLAREN: We were able to sort of amplify
the effect of the program fairly rapidly.
We collaborate with Asia and Europe.
This will take off on a global basis for sure.
JARI ROUAS: I've already talked to other friends of mine
in other corporations.
I've already talked to my daughter.
It's not just business.
I think #IamRemarkable is actually
a more important movement.
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