{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ask Ashley","title":"Niki Madison-Woodburn: A Like Is Not the Same as a Hug","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8f3e35a9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1503,"description":"Diversity headline numbers get people in the door, but they say nothing about who gets developed, who gets useful feedback, and who moves up. Niki Madison-Woodburn, Senior Talent Management & Inclusion Program Manager at Lattice, works on the systems behind that gap, looking at the whole employee lifecycle so growth is clear and measurable. She talks with Ashley Russo about the people plus AI approach at Lattice, a quarterly storytelling activation that builds common ground across teams, managing anxiety by silencing the noise, and the company kickoff moment when a colleague told her she saw Niki light up like never before.\n\nChapters:\n00:00 Welcome to Ask Ashley\n00:43 Meet Niki Madison-Woodburn\n01:40 Where owning your uniqueness took root\n03:05 Curiosity and the move from customer success\n04:12 Priorities across your 20s, 30s and now\n06:36 When the work got hard and finding the spark again\n08:07 Past headline numbers to equitable systems\n09:34 Looking at the whole employee lifecycle\n10:12 People plus AI and solving the real problem\n12:11 Building common ground through storytelling\n14:17 Grounding yourself, anxiety and silencing the noise\n16:04 The company kickoff moment she lit up\n19:07 Helping others past their hesitation\n21:22 What she would pause and what she would accelerate\n23:17 Advice to her younger self\n\nYou can follow Niki Madison-Woodburn here:\nLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/niki-madison/\n\nLearn more about Lattice:\nWebsite - https://lattice.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aRe7dqzcNfBGUfqf2XfHZAKMGZOtyjmViHhwZvrlBTI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZDJi/N2NiODA0OGY2NzVh/ZmQ4ZGQ5MjZmZWEy/ZWQyNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}