“I envision a workplace that leverages gender and racial equities in branding and growth strategies, and leadership represents the New World Marketplace consumers.”
~Farnaz Wallace
Do you feel that? It’s the ground moving beneath you. A rapid cultural and demographic shift has occurred but not being addressed by business and social leaders. If you’re ready to stay relevant in a world that’s fundamentally different than the one taught in textbooks, you’ve come to the right place.
By creating brand identities aligned with beliefs and values of the New World Marketplace, traditional business models can be transformed into customer-centric, best-in-class growth platforms. It all starts with positioning improvements in strategy, and redefining how to reach and connect with the new world customers.
Press
Farnaz Wallace was featured as a woman in leadership to give a "lunch & learn" style talk to employees of Hippo Insurance for Women's History Month, on March 11, 2020. She discussed how to overcome gender unconscious bias and shared tips on how to become a successful woman leader in the New World Marketplace.
Persian Women in Tech held an event at Facebook on September 19, 2019, for an event called Path to Leadership. Farnaz was a featured panelist discussing her leadership perspectives.
For the second time, Diversity Woman Conference featured Farnaz as a keynote speaker. Her topic was how and why women should lead differently than men. A timely topic. Conference was held in ,Washington DC, November 7, 2018.
Farnaz was the featured keynote speaker for Lockton Annual Conference for Women’s Leadership. Her topic was how women can succeed in the New World Marketplace. She shared insights into major cultural and demographic trends facing all businesses and…..
Through its flagship event, the Annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants (ICAC) provides a forum for accounts in the region to participate for mutual and fraternal benefits. Farnaz was a keynote speaker at this conference. Click to watch her video.
On March 6th, 2015, Farnaz Wallace delivered a keynote speech on how women can succeed in The New World Marketplace, to a large audience televised in 4 different locations for Kimberly Clarke International, in honor of the International Women’s Day. Click here for more info.
Farnaz Wallace will be a featured speaker for Parastoo Cultural and Artistic Organization’s galaand will speak about shared values, cultural commonalities, and will negate many stereotypes holding communities back from friendship, cooperation and business alliance…
WOuterwall featured Farnaz as a speaker for their leadership series. Topic was How to Succeed in The New World Marketplace. Event was held in Chicago on February 19, 2015. Watch a short clip of her speech here…
Join the Dallas Deloitte Diversity and Inclusion groups and author Farnaz Wallace for a diversity & inclusion event focused on professional and business development…
Perspectives
Gender and racial fluidity. Social and environmental causes. Smartphone addicts. Social media as news. Less focused multitaskers. Independent. Global. Most entrepreneurial. Most racially and ethnically diverse. Best-educated. Growing up fast, too fast. These are just a few attributes….
Wall or no wall, Republican or Democrat, the topic of immigration has always been an emotional one. Emotions so charged that facts are often ignored and disputed. The notion of immigrants threatening our security and culture is a partisan rhetoric.
The retail industry has been challenged by increased levels of online shopping, fierce competition and demographic shifts. Many marketers in the age of Big Data believe that demographics limit the total picture of consumers, leading into stereotypes that can be dangerous in advertising…
In a previous blog, I provided a strategy toolkit, what it is, what it’s not and 10 questions to test your strategy. So you may ask, isn’t that the same as a value proposition? Yes and No. Value proposition is an element of strategy. The element that looks outward at customers, the demand side of business.
Even decades after the book, Men are from Mars Women are from Venus, we are still seeing the same level of gender stereotypes and biases in both men and women. Some marketers stick to these stereotypes, mainly because it still sells, but also because it’s easier to get.….
In order to define strategy, we have to know what it is and what it is not. Strategy is not about being the best, whether it’s operations excellence, best practices or marketing communication tactics. Strategy is about being different. Differentiations and competitive advantages…
Did you know women own 60% of personal wealth in the US and control 85% of consumer buying decisions? Did you know 40% of US women outearn their husbands and 70% of all new businesses are started by women?
Every leader knows that analyzing trends should be at the core of any planning process. Sure, we want to know what worked and what didn’t work in the past, so we can shift and adjust our strategies and tactics. But planning and forecasting for the future should be build on trends, not history.
This largest generation cohort is not just about digital dependance, education, multiculturalism & social/environmental. They also dominate poverty, lower household counts even with high population numbers, single motherhood, and renters…..
Census data on race and ethnicity are used to redraw congressional district boundaries and enforce voting and other civil rights laws, as well as research data for businesses to analyze customer segmentation. They tested different ways of combining race and ethnicity questions….
Farnaz shares her perspectives on the emerging global cultures reflected in the reshaping of US demographics and the implications for how companies position their products to this emerging marketplace as well as how they need to build their relationship teams to reflect the communities they serve.