The Business of Race is led not by two DEI experts but rather two business professionals with deep backgrounds in OD (Organizational Development). It is the only live, highly interactive experience that explores racial equity using a business and OD lens, not a social justice lens, and applies evidence-based tools from the science of positive psychology.

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 […]

Looking for ways to move beyond talking about race to actually doing something constructive about it in your business or workplace? ...look no further. The Business of Race webinar series is the only live, highly interactive program that explores racial diversity, equity, and inclusion using a business, OD (organizational development), and asset lens.

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.