(Above: Calvin Klein Supports International Women’s Day video, 2017)

The biggest little secret nowadays is the heart of Imaginal Labs mission and is the backbone of its initiatives and workshops: gender parity promises more for all.

In 2015, Rob and Carolyn were delighted to be the designers of that 2-day “secret meeting” that was sponsored by Sundance and Women in Film LA to figure out the path to gender parity in Hollywood with a goal of getting more women behind the camera.  

Imaginal Labs’ workshop board from 2015 “secret meeting.”

“The road to gender parity, particularly in the incestuous and tangled ecosystem which is Hollywood, was never going to be a straight line. However, a good design that rallies leaders is a great start,” Carolyn Buck Luce recently commented.  

We were delighted to see that, eighteen months later, the ReFrame Campaign was launched. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frame-campaign-will-tackle-gender-inequality-hollywood-977555  

As reported in the Hollywood Reporter, 50 Hollywood leaders and influencers, including studio heads, agency partners, senior network executives, talent and guild representatives have come together with Women In Film and Sundance Institute to create a formal action plan to further gender parity in the media industry.

THE REFRAME AMBASSADORS: Adriana Alberghetti, Kimberly Peirce, Gabrielle Carteris, Paul Feig, Keri Putnam, Hannah Minghella, Cathy Schulman, Stephanie Allain, Victoria Alonso, Gigi Pritzker, Zanne Devine, Franklin Leonard, Glen Mazzara, Nina Jacobson, Maria Bello, Michael De Luca (Photographed By Austin Hargrave, courtesy of Hollywood Reporter)

What is the greatest impediment preventing Americans from getting good health care? Surprisingly, it’s not the cost of care. Instead, according to new research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the fundamental issue is the health care industry’s failure to develop a nuanced understanding of, and commitment to, women as consumers and decision makers. For the full report, see the Harvard Business Review (Free registration required).

By now, you’ve likely heard of the SHEconomy — the phenomenon of women earning, owning, controlling and influencing trillions of dollars in the global economy. The phenomenon means that across industries and around the world, women are making more and more of the decisions about what purchases to make, about how to spend and invest their money, and about which people and organizations they want to give that money to. CLICK HERE FOR FULL INTERVIEW