S3 | Episode 139: Authentic Relationships and Transformation with Michael Dumlao
Welcome to a special episode of the show brought to you in partnership with Arlington Economic Development, where we discuss issues related to the workforce, the role of place in the future of work, and the role of the creative sector in a larger business context. We call this Return on Creativity.
About the Episode
Today we’re going to talk about the importance of authentic relationships with ourselves and others, and discovering and transforming ourselves as we learn and grow both personally and professionally. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Michael Dumlao, Author, “The Wisdom of Guncles: Advice on Living Life from a Queer Perspective”, and Senior Brand and Diversity Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton.
About Michael Dumlao
I am an artist, author and activist equipped with more than twenty years of advancing diversity, equity and social justice through award-winning brand management, digital marketing and creative storytelling in corporate, federal, academic and non-profit environments. I offer a proven record of helping large organizations undergo transformations in their brand, creative direction, and marketing operations while continuously building the business of equality. A sought after speaker on audacious authenticity, brand elevation, and social equity, I am the author of “Wisdom of Guncles: Living Life from a Queer Perspective” to be published in Summer 2021.
I currently serve as a Senior Brand and Marketing Advisor for senior leaders in Defense, Intelligence and Government. Recently, I served as the Director of Brand for Booz Allen Hamilton where I led brand research, strategy and activation. Efforts to redefine and pivot the brand were recognized with the Gartner award for Corporate Brand and the PRSA Silver Anvil for Brand excellence. As a cleared individual, my work has also been recognized with the PRSA Bronze Anvil award for digital strategy having led digital transformation, research and creative marketing for the DoD, the FBI, DHS, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and IRS amongst others.
I directed our LGBTQ Forum “GLOBE” for more than a decade and am proud that our efforts to advance equality in the workplace earned us the Washington Business Journal Business of Pride Award and a feature in the US Chamber of Commerce's 2019 Inclusion Report. Due to my work in brand and diversity, I have also been a faculty member of OPM’s Institute for Federal Leadership at Georgetown University since 2015.
Prior to becoming a management consultant, I honed my communications and creative strategy expertise at the United Nations Foundation and Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship. I also founded Fashion Fights Poverty, an ethical fashion non-governmental organization and Style & Image Network, a brand strategy boutique that specialized in fashion and entertainment.
I received my Masters in Communications, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University and am an Executive Scholar of Kellogg University. I have a Bachelor in Arts specializing in photography and multimedia design from the University of California, Santa Barbara which I augmented with coursework at the Sydney College of Arts. Born in the Philippines and raised in Australia, I currently reside in Washington, DC.
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