1. Is this series for Black, Brown, or White People? The webinar series, The Business of Race: Embedding Racial Equity Into Your Business Strategy is for professionals of all racial identities and ethnicities. Based upon the book, The Business of Race, the workshop experience is designed for: 2. How is the experience delivered? The program is co-led […]

This is a clip from the documentary, Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity, produced by World Trust. Author and educator Dr. Joy DeGruy shares how her sister-in-law uses her White privilege to stand up to systemic inequity. Watch it alone. Watch it together. Either way, be sure to reflect on or discuss the […]

The headline question is one we received at a business conference in Montreal. Our short answer: Absolutely. The longer answer: we both were born and raised in the U.S. So, much of the focus in The Business of Race is on racial dynamics in businesses in our country of origin. Neither of us is in […]

Readiness is Foundational After studying 30,000 smokers who successfully kicked the habit, University of Rhode Island’s psychology professor Dr. James Prochaska developed a model for how people make positive, lasting changes in their lives. One of his most significant findings is that people wanting to make a change (“I will quit smoking tomorrow”) often rush […]

How do we learn how to learn? How do we think about how we think? And how does knowing how we learn and think advance workplace racial equity?

As of March 2022, 85 S&P 100 companies now disclose, or have committed to disclose, their EEO-1 Report – the group of federally required documents that provide granular detail about the number of Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native and White men and women at every level of a company. Bloomberg reports that two large companies – […]

In this 20-minute video we share the book's origin story, our business case, key measures and how to stay connected to this work.

Readiness for change is a core muscle individuals must flex or build as part of their own race journey. Organizations must do the same.

As organizational development consultants we know how failing to name what needs naming derails any business endeavor. That’s a certain outcome if euphemisms are applied to race talk and race work. In your business spaces we encourage you to use direct, constructive language to name what must be named, without shaming or blaming. Shared context […]