Nkechi Obi
DI · Twenty years, two of them on secondment
Offline · replies within a few hours- Role
- Detective Inspector · Metropolitan Police
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Experience
- 20 years in public service
- Speaks
- English, Igbo
In her words
A career in an institution that was not designed for me, and I am still here and senior. Good on formal grievance processes, surviving a bad posting, and promotion boards that reward a style you do not have.
What she can help with
Women of Colour Double Bind
Navigating intersecting race and gender barriers at work.
Microaggressions
Addressing everyday slights without burning political capital.
Performance Review Bias
Countering vague feedback and gendered evaluation patterns.
Excluded from Informal Networks
Getting into the rooms, chats, and circles where decisions are shaped.
Glass Ceiling
Breaking into senior leadership and C-suite opportunities.
Others who cover similar ground
Nia Forrester
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The double bind is real and it is exhausting to name it every time. I work on what you actually do on a Tuesday afternoon when it happens, not on educating the room for free.
Sunita Rao
Full professor · Runs a 20-person lab
Grant panels, authorship order, and the colleague who keeps putting himself second on your paper. I have fought all of it and won some. Also good on going back after maternity leave in a lab that did not wait.
Yuki Tanaka
Principal architect · Founded her own studio
Left a large practice at 38 to start something with my name on the door. I can help you decide whether to leave, and be honest about what the first two years cost.