2021 - November

Is it possible to catch a cyber spy red-handed? If you are APB speaker Shawnee Delaney, the answer is yes. Delaney, a decorated Intelligence Officer, Licensed Private Investigator, Insider Threat Expert and Founder of Vaillance Group, was recently featured in an article on Spyscape, a website that includes articles, videos and exclusive insights from the experts in secrets. In the piece, she shares stories about her work, including flushing out a suspected Chinese spy and a worker at another company who leaked sensitive corporate information to the media.

If you could only use one word to describe Elle Simone Scott, it would be warrior. The executive editor and founder of The Diversity Council at America’s Test Kitchen has navigated a career and life full of extreme highs and lows. From battling ovarian cancer to losing everything in the height of the 2008 recession, she fought to reinvent herself career-wise and is now one of the few queer women of color to work as a chef in the culinary world. APB recently sat down with Elle to discuss the intersection of food, culture and DEI in both our workplaces and communities (she even shared a free copy of her favorite Thanksgiving recipe, you can download it below!).

Wes Moore, APB speaker, former CEO of Robin Hood and candidate for governor of Maryland, is celebrating schools and educators during this week’s American Education Week by creating a site where you can add your name to thank Maryland teachers, administrators and public school employees for all that they do. Moore comes from a family of educators and is well aware of the transformative work they do in shaping the futures of our children and the betterment of our society as a whole.

What happens in a company or organization when the chain of communication and chain of command become one and the same? It’s a recipe for disaster, says New York Times bestselling author, science writer and APB exclusive speaker David Epstein. In the latest edition of his "Range Widely" newsletter, which is available live on Bulletin, Epstein writes about the importance of differentiating the chain of communication from the chain of command. When there is no separation of the two, information gets diluted or stops flowing. One reason for this phenomenon is because “managers are getting information only from people whose main concern is earning their approval, or at least not ruining their day,” he says. 

WNYC Studios and PRX announced that APB speaker Melissa Harris-Perry has been named Host and Managing Editor of The Takeaway, the nationally-syndicated public radio news program that airs on WNYC AM 820 at 9am weekdays, on WNYC 93.9FM at 3pm weekdays, and on over 300 stations nationally.