Reconstructing Inclusion

Reconstructing Inclusion

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Reconstructing Inclusion S2E12: Season Finale | The Sky Is Still Not Falling on DEI
Much of what we're seeing is "a natural market correction," but the path forward requires moving from a focus on "what people are" to understanding "who…
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Cognitive Diversity and the Real Work of Inclusion: Lessons from Professor Alex Edmans
Inclusion, diversity, and equity get plenty of airtime in organizational life (of course, a bit less so right now) but too often, the conversation…
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What if I said that I am against empathy
What would be the current state of the world if compassion were driving decisions?
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Antifragility: An Emergent Organizational Pathway
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Toward Affirmative, Unambiguously Prioritized, and Sustainable Action
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“The Shamming of Diversity”
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What we call DEI needs a postmortem... ...and then it needs a premortem
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The Importance of Heterodox Thinking in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Grievance and the Traps of Identity
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Why Your Inclusion Strategy Needs a Beliefs Upgrade Before a Behavior Makeover
Here's what I've learned after years of watching well-intentioned inclusion initiatives crumble: You cannot build sustainable inclusion on shaky belief…
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Reconstructing Inclusion S2E11: Why Ending Race is the Future of Antiracism: Dr. Sheena Mason's Breakthrough Approach to Race/ism
What if the very categories we use to fight racism are actually perpetuating it? Dr. Sheena Mason's groundbreaking work suggests a radical reimagining…
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The Algorithmic Paradox: Why AI Could Be Our Best Chance to Optimize Opportunity
The research I couldn't fit into my book might be light on the path to algorithmic fairness. If a meritocratic ideal is the goal, it will require a tool…
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If Only Advocates and Adversaries of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Could. . .
Since the release of Reconstructing Inclusion two and a half years ago, much of my writing has revolved around a concern—and a hope—if only.
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Lovingly Critical of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
I held the mirror up to myself and then turned it around for my colleagues to look at themselves. Some chaffed at my audacity.
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Reconstructing Inclusion S2E10: Transcending Ideology: Making Inclusion an Organizational Superpower
DEI has been built on quicksand—untethered from reality, and championed through ideology. Today's upheaval isn't killing it; it's finally exposing the…
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Quantum Victimhood: How Grievance Culture Transcends Time and Space
Quantum victimhood refers to people who profit off of the pain of those who phenotypically resembled the past, embody similar characteristics or beliefs…
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Reconstructing Inclusion
Reconstructing Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practitioners and the passionate must be beacons for dissent. Are we consistently or intentionally of this mindset? Let's all engage in DEI work that pulls everyone to have difficult, but transformational dialogues.
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