Do you consider yourself a discerning person? Someone who isn’t easily swayed by pundits or propaganda and can see right through prepared talking points or an agenda? Excellent. Then I will let you in on a dirty little secret about DEI that some people don’t want you to know: You have already benefitted from DEI programs and policies, and you might not have even realized it.
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I only mildly jest when I refer to voting as a sacred process in our collective national experience. This year’s context is thick with anticipation. A U.S. presidential election, as well as city- and state-elected offices, will shift our day-to-day lived experiences as individuals, organizations, and businesses.
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When creating workplace learning, it is critical to focus on effective adult learning principles, particularly concerning the emotionally charged and complex topics embedded in DEIJ. Here, I’ll share a few key features of successful adult learning, and how they relate to the challenging times we find ourselves in.
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Making a commitment to advancing DEI initiatives in today’s political and cultural climate is no easy feat. Like any other organizational priority, DEI efforts require effective strategy, substantive resources, strong leadership, and staff buy-in to see progress and success. Successful DEI initiatives also require trust.
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When I was about 7, I asked my mother: “Mom, what’s a homosexual?” Neither my mother nor I knew at that moment that a homosexual was, among other things, me. So, my mother answered as best she could: “Well, Eric … a homosexual is a man who loves men the way he ought to love women, or a woman who loves women the way she ought to love men.” Needless to say, I didn’t come out to my mom for quite a while after that.
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