DEI
Giving up on y’all
I’ve recently begun working and volunteering in spaces that deeply value gender-inclusive practices and language. As part of these practices, we are encouraged to use phrases like “hey everyone” or “hey y’all” instead of “you…
Return on Specific Anxiety (ROSA)
Our inability to quickly and effectively manage COVID-19 forced us to create a new measure of organizational success. In the Before Times (2019 and before), profitability was a key metric of economic success for businesses….
Mitigating Bias in the Age of Remote Working
I am taking an uncomfortable look at how my biases show up and I am actively working on noticing and changing my own biased behavior by following a process. Pre-Covid, I was the captain of…
Reflections from a White Guy on a DEI Panel
My World Turned Upside Down “We are going to record the panel discussion today.” These were the scariest words I’d heard in a long time. I have two high-school age daughters at home, we’re in…
Moving From Outrage to Real Change
Welcome to the movement. Many have been here before, and many, many more are here now, aware and active. It is wonderful to have so many involved now who demand change, and who now see…