Arise Firebird – a conversation with filmmaker Jimi Okubanjo

What is it like to go to work everyday feeling like your hair in on fire? Jimi Okubanjo explains the purpose of her film Arise Firebird.

Jimi Okubanjo has designed, led, and executed major transformations across engineering, energy, and financial-services sectors, delivering over $250m in realised value across 18 countries.

Then Jimi decided to launch a career as a maker of films that help to explain what it feels like to be in the minority, so that the people with the power to create change can understand.

In an episode of The Independent Minds recorded in 2024 Jimi and host Michael Millward explore Jimi’s film Arise Firebird

Their conversation covers the

• Reasons why Jimi wanted to make Arise Firebird
• Origins of the films name
• Special challenges that Women of Colour face at work
• Characteristics of bullying and micro-aggressions
• The reasons why employers do not act to address these challenges
• Ways in which people can identify if an organisation is going to be supportive
• The concept of adaptive resilience

More information about Jimi Okubanjo and Michael Millward is available at abeceder.

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• To My Daughter the Firebird: An Arise Firebird Story
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• Arise Firebird Journal #2: Graph Pages

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