Lauralee Whyte and Ally Owen: diversity washing and deaf rave DJs

From the future of work and diverse and inclusive talent to deaf rave DJs and change

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Lauralee Whyte and Ally Owen: diversity washing and deaf rave DJs
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For this latest MediaCat Magazine podcast our Editor, Mike Piggott, spoke to Lauralee Whyte and Ally Owen about a great many things, including brand diversity and inclusion washing, working from home, the future of work and the great resignation, the marketing and advertising industry’s diversity problem, keeping hold of talent, what industry trends they’ve been seeing in recent months, plus highlighting some of the talented people on Brixton Finishing School’s and Spectrum’s books, such as Troi Lee, founder of Deaf Rave.


Lauralee is a speaker and talent specialist, an equality, diversity and inclusion champion, the founder of Spectrum Speakers, and one of The Dots’ 100 Black trailblazers redefining the industry in 2021. She was also shortlisted for the WeAreTheCity Rising Star Award 2022.

Ally’s the founder of Brixton Finishing School, AdCademy and Visible Start and was one of Ad Age’s Woman To Watch In Europe 2020. She’s also winner of The Media Leader Judge’s Special Choice Award 2022 and the Future is Female Advertising Week Europe 2022.

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Featured image: Troi Lee, founder of Deaf Rave

Mike Piggott, opinions editor at MediaCat UK

Mike specialises in creating content in the media space, specifically in cinema, TV, gaming, streaming, podcast/audio, and outdoor. He previously spent three years (2021-2024) as MediaCat's executive editor, growing the publication's readership and following, largely from scratch; during which time he launched their podcast and monthly newsletter. Prior to that he was editor at The Marketing Society (2013-2021), where he launched a bi-monthly publication which ran for 14 issues, as well as a successful podcast. Mike is also a street photographer and film and TV blogger, and once came second in a Creative Review competition to rewrite Trainspotting's 'choose life' speech. He's proud of that one.

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