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It’s up to us to make the history we want to see.

Early 2024 reflections on how I’m building space for grief, responsiveness, action, and accountability.

Reflections and resources for Latine Heritage Month and Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023.

Incorporating research or evaluation into your DEI initiative can be incredibly valuable. We’re great at identifying sticking points, providing space for staff to feel more comfortable speaking up, and helping you take a step back when you’re wrapped up in the day-to-day.

However, bringing someone in to reiterate what staff have already been vocal about, ignoring well-documented trends, or hoping information alone will solve your problems without committing to taking action can be ineffective at best, and can often perpetuate the same problems.

Engaging in critical reflection and taking a holistic look at our businesses beyond the numbers is what allows us to see past the balance sheets and identify how we can dive deeper, where we can make improvements, and what kinds of emerging opportunities we can harness. This post offers 11 open-ended, generative prompts to support your reflection and planning.