Lucy Kemp
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
I believe better workplaces don’t just happen; they’re built, one honest conversation at a time.
“Growing up the issue of equality was never on my radar. Raised in a single-parent household by a strong female role model and educated at an all-girls school when the Spice Girls topped the charts, I believed I could and should have it all. As I saw it, men and women shared the same stage and were equally capable of seizing the spotlight.”
— On Growing Up
Early career
“It was a total shock to enter the workforce and find women side-lined, paid less, and burdened with unseen responsibilities. Realising how vastly different a woman's employee experience was to that of a man I had two words: F*** That.”
— On Women in the Workplace
“I proactively sought roles in companies that mirrored my values, but found the same inequalities at every turn. “Act like a man if you want to get ahead” was the ‘advice’ that was consistently repeated.
Worst. Advice. Ever. But – it pains me to say this – I ran with it and reached a point where to the outside world “I had it all”: career, marriage, home and child. But, I was still witnessing inequality at work, nothing was changing in my wake and I was pissed off.”
— On Inequality
My story and why I started Kemp&Co
“In the space of 12 months in 2017, my daughter was born and my mother died. The generational torch was passed to me, and I was in charge of guiding a new woman through a world riddled with the same-old obstacles – YAWN. Determined that my daughter wouldn’t reach her working life and face the same problems, I decided to carve a better path, Let's Talk About EX was born.”
— On starting ‘Let’s talk about EX’
“Whilst gender inequalities run deep for me, the goal of Let’s Talk About EX and our work at Kemp&Co is singular: to create an employee experience where everyone thrives.”
— On Our Mission
“ I believe in doing EX differently, bringing unexpected magic into the mundane.
I provide advice, support, and my time generously for the next generation's greater good.
My commitment is to record and guide conversations that prioritise employee well-being, even at the cost of popularity.”