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Beyond the Rhetoric—Centering Justice and Anti-Racism in our DEI Strategy: Reimagining The Role of the CDO – The Chief Disruptive Officer

This movement calls for the CDO to embody the role of an active disruptor—perhaps we call it the Chief Disruptive Officer. A focus on justice is inherently disruptive, as it requires dismantling and correcting systems that have traditionally been exclusionary and harmful. Moving beyond the rhetoric and centering justice in our work means reimagining who we deem as qualified for doing this very important work.

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Beyond the Rhetoric—Centering Justice and Anti-Racism in our DEI Strategy: Minimizing Harm

Many organizations are currently scurrying to leverage the current racial justice momentum to engage senior leaders in this work. Let me first affirm—this segment of work is important to much broader systemic change. I believe that learning, unlearning, relearning are critical paths towards disrupting systems and reimagining new ones…. AND I believe that if we’re not mindful of how we curate and facilitate spaces that seek to engage us down this path, we can end up causing more harm than good.  

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Beyond the Rhetoric—Centering Justice & Anti-Racism in our DEI Strategy: Moving Beyond Analyzing to Interrogating Your Data

Analyzing data and interrogating data are not the same thing. We currently analyze diversity data, but we less often interrogate it with a justice lens. Analysis can uncover some of these inequities, but interrogation reveals the systems that perpetuate them. This week I will explore how to interrogate internal data such as applicant flow, hiring, termination (both voluntary and involuntary), promotion, and performance appraisals.   

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Decolonizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work: A Call To Action

When we began this series 11 weeks ago, I am not sure I expected us to stay on the topic this long, nor did I anticipate its timeliness to this moment we are experiencing now. Racism is not new, but this newfound energy and outward (re)commitment to justice and dismantling racism by organizations and corporate leadership is. Inasmuch as I can be cynical about it all, I am also hopeful, inspired, and re-energized. As leaders begin to (ideally) align their organizational priorities, financial resources, and accountability measures with statements of solidarity and empathy, I would like to offer specific actions that affirm what we explored in this series.

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Managing the Toll of DEI Work: The Role of Cultivating a Robust Sense of Self

How can we continue to thrive and maintain wholeness while doing this work we care so deeply about, that is so core to who we are, within systems that make it difficult? A study titled ‘African American Women as Change Agents in the White Academy’ by Muriel E. Shockley and Elizabeth L. Holloway specifically explores the experiences of Black Women navigating the racism and sexism in academia, and more specifically, factors that contributed to their capacity to thrive.

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Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change

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Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy and Belonging Across Differences

We Can’t Talk About That At Work! (Second Edition)

Cover of the book We Can't Talk about That at Work (Second Edition) by Mary-Frances Winters and Mareisha N Reese

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