5 Things / 5 Ways
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5 Things / 5 Ways

Happy new year! I hope this year is a wonderful one for you, personally and professionally. As always, I’m optimistic that we’re all on the right side of history. I’ll keep sharing the good vibes with you every week and cheer you on along on this DEI journey.

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Inclusive 360 Assessment
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Inclusive 360 Assessment

Last year I released the book Inclusive 360: Proven Solutions for an Equitable Organization and guess what, this year my team and I have built a new digital assessment tool to help organizations accelerate their DEI efforts!

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5 Things / sharing hope
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5 Things / sharing hope

This week I had the pleasure of being in conversation with some of my favorite people as part of the Inclusive 360 launch party. One of the questions I asked my guests was, “What gives you hope about DEI right now?”

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5 Things / back to school edition
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5 Things / back to school edition

Most kids are officially back in school, so I'm dedicating this edition of 5 Things to some of the kids books created by wonderful folks in my network. It's never too early to start talking to kids about diversity. Note: these books are for younger kids.

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5 Things / rest is revolutionary
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5 Things / rest is revolutionary

Rest. That's what I needed most this week, and it seemed to be a common theme in my network. Indeed "August is like the Sunday of summer." Long ago I was an aspiring documentarian, so my rest included watching the documentary on Olympians' mental health, the one on WeWork, and all of the 100 Foot Wave. They're all great, although The Weight of Gold was devastating.

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