Archive - Reconstructing Inclusion

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…

Aug 1 •

Amri B. Johnson

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July 2025

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…

Jul 25 •

Amri B. Johnson

What if I said that I am against empathy

What would be the current state of the world if compassion were driving decisions?

Jul 1 •

Amri B. Johnson

June 2025

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…

Jun 20 •

Amri B. Johnson

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…

Jun 13 •

Amri B. Johnson

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Sheena Michele Mason

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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…

Jun 3 •

Amri B. Johnson

May 2025

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.

May 26 •

Amri B. Johnson

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.

May 19 •

Amri B. Johnson

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…

May 9 •

Amri B. Johnson

25:07

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…

May 2 •

Amri B. Johnson

April 2025

Unlearning, DEI Nots and Knots

A reporter recently sent me a few very well-thought-out questions. I answer a few of them here.

Apr 25 •

Amri B. Johnson

What Positive Vision are you For?

There is more to organizational and everyday life than what is broken.

Apr 15 •

Amri B. Johnson

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