Everyone opted for different coping mechanisms when the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe. One of ours was listening to podcasts. Whether it was on a daily walk or creating some kind of background noise that we missed when stuck working from home, podcasts became a source of information and comfort. One report showed that in mid-September overall downloads by US listeners were up over 150% from the first week of 2020.
To help you close out 2020, or to give you some insights on those daily walks, dive in to the Top 5 podcasts from the Filene Fill-in.

5. How Innovation Turns Failure into Opportunity
![]() | Over this past year we've witnessed how much our societal and economic infrastructure has failed--or is brought to the precipice of failure--with any amount of stress put on it. Filene’s Senior Director of Advisory Services, Erin Coleman, leads a wide-ranging discussion in this episode on why innovation matters in tried-and-true business like financial services, how an organization becomes innovative--the real kind, not just the buzzwordy use of it-- and most importantly, in a year as crazy as 2020, have the rules changed about innovation? Ep. 69: How Innovation Turns Failure into Opportunity, with Erin Coleman |

4. Managing Misinformation in the Midst of a Pandemic

3. Competing and Winning on MX

2. In the Studio with Filene Fellow Sekou Bermiss

1. Introducing New DEI Center Fellow Dr. Quinetta Roberson
![]() | On January 13, 2020, Filene officially launched the first of our new Centers of Excellence, the Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Filene's top podcast of 2020 brings Filene Fellow, Dr. Quinetta Roberson dives into the work she will be doing, why she feels this research – specifically looking at the interactions between the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion separately and together -- is so groundbreaking not only for credit unions but for all businesses, and how she came to find her passion for being a researcher and teacher. Ep. 65: Introducing New DEI Center Fellow Dr. Quinetta Roberson |

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