A Paradigm Shift in DEI Course Discussion: Read the article, “Equity and Inclusion: The Roots of Organizational Well-Being” by Mary-Frances Winters. In this article, Winters notes that organizations need to build internal capacity to develop new skills and competencies, create an environment where people can productively talk about issues related to race, and develop equitable systems internally and externally.
In your existing role, how can you use your power to contribute to each of these three pillars? If you are in senior leadership, your contribution may be structural, if you are an individual contributor, your contribution may be more behavioral.
At Workplace Peace Institute, we often talk about the importance of learning, unlearning, and relearning -- in other words, we must be agile to the needs of a constantly changing world. So, I love seeing this call out for the need to be continually learning. I want to add a recommendation for the book club -- Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race by Derald Wing Sue. This is a deeply informative book about why talking about race is so hard and so important.