If the starting line was never equal, what do you owe the person still behind you?
Mark T. Harris, J.D., has spent nearly four decades moving through banking, law, academia, and government — not according to any plan, but by learning to read the wind and change course, a skill he first picked up as a sailor.
The conversation turns candid on where Mark believes we are as a culture: he argues that the idea of "equal opportunity" is a myth that obscures real inequity, and that after a generation of progress on gender, he's watching society revert, with women viewed through a different lens than men, and men needing to show up more fully in fatherhood.
He closes with what he considers non-negotiable for any man who's found success: pay it forward. It's an obligation, both given and received — and he believes anyone who's made it owes something to the people still behind them.
You'll learn:
Why Mark believes "equal opportunity" is a myth, and what equity actually requires instead
How a life spent "tacking," reading the moment and changing course, built a career across four industries with no master plan
The lessons of growing up in South Central Los Angeles and closing deals on Wall Street
Why Mark believes society is reverting on gender progress — and what he thinks needs to change
What Mark believes every successful man owes the next generation
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