Jung Park

Jun 17, 2024 | imd.org | Shelley Zalis |Howard Yu |Lea Wang |Jung Park

It’s Pride Month again and I want to start this article on PROUD, dentsu’s LGBTQ+ network, with a reflection on my personal coming out at the workplace and how this initiated the many steps both myself and dentsu have taken over the past years. Being openly gay in my private life for years, I tended to not speak about private issues in a professional setting. This changed unexpectedly at one business dinner when other male colleagues were speaking about their wives.

Jun 12, 2024 | imd.org | Shelley Zalis |Howard Yu |Lea Wang |Jung Park

In today’s workplace, we confront a pivotal barrier to gender equality – the care gap. I’ve often said, “We are losing our best leaders to caregiving,” which predominantly impacts women, especially those in what I call the “messy middle,” when they’re balancing increasing responsibilities at work with those at home. During these times women are most likely to step back from their careers, leading to a significant drop off in female leadership.

Feb 3, 2024 | medium.com | Jung Park

The Way is Close!About 300 years ago, Ali Hafed, a large farmer living in the Indus River region, sold his farm to live like a king, searching for years for diamonds, but when he couldn’t find them and lost his money, he threw himself into the Spanish sea. However, the diamonds he was looking for came from the land he sold, and it became the Golconda Diamond Mine, one of the finest in the world. As I read this story, I realized that I was Ali Hafed.