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 […]

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?

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.

How often have we stumbled our way through a new project with cross-functional team members who use their own siloed jargon or have no context for what has come before? In business, when developing a new product, implementing new systems, or creating alignment around a marketing or investment strategy, you will get nowhere without a […]

Experiment with the Voice Method. Assemble Diverse Interview Panels. Ask Value-based Questions. Solicit Input from Frontline Employees. Keep Diversity Top of Mind for Final Hiring Decision. “Get Loud.” For details on each practice, download for free Chapter 10: Hiring Made Visible: Individual Decisions, Institutional Changes.

For many people the workplace is the first place, and it may be the only place, where they interact with other people who are different from them – racially, ethnically, religion. We, the coauthors, met in the workplace more than two decades ago. It is likely our paths never would have crossed otherwise. The second […]