We need to be kinder to ourselves for being imperfect — I have a secret — I lean solidly progressive and yet still bank with Wells Fargo. Yes, the Wells Fargo that funded the Dakota Access Pipeline, created millions of fraudulent accounts in customers’ names, and discriminated against low-income customers and communities of color in its lending practices. No, I don’t…

This essay belongs to Beyond the Business Case, a Medium-exclusive essay series exploring the big-picture questions about diversity & inclusion work. Intended for D&I practitioners, C-Suite executives, and other leaders looking to shape the future of D&I. “Diversity increases revenue, improves productivity, sparks creativity, and boosts innovation.” In my line…

In my latest piece, “Why Don’t Companies Just Stop Discriminating?” I made the case that the modern corporation has evolved to treat workplace discrimination not as an urgent moral or business imperative, but as a manageable PR investment. I left the big question — “what can we do about it?”…

Corporate discrimination hasn’t changed much in 30 years. Much of that is by design. A recent study found no change in anti-Black hiring discrimination from the late 80s to 2015. Data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) shows that the total number of discrimination charges filed on the federal…

This essay belongs to Beyond the Business Case, a Medium-exclusive essay series exploring the big-picture questions about diversity & inclusion work. Intended for D&I practitioners, C-Suite executives, and other leaders looking to shape the future of D&I. These days, Diversity & Inclusion initiatives have become more common than ever at…

This essay is part of Beyond the Business Case, a Medium-exclusive essay series exploring the big-picture questions about diversity & inclusion work. Intended for D&I practitioners, C-Suite executives, and other leaders looking to shape the future of D&I. “Iwish _____ could have been here to see this.” The diversity &…

Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed on November 20th, and around the country many hundreds, if not thousands of TDoR events will memorialize the 28 trans people in the U.S. — and the 369 trans people worldwide — murdered as a result of transphobic violence. All of these events will…

Examining the relationship between cisgender men and cisgender women leads to the conclusion that masculinity is a strong predictor of workplace treatment and outcomes: those who are masculine end up having a better experience in the workplace than those who are not. …

Many of the gender-diverse people interviewed for Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace told stories of leaving a workplace, and almost every instance mentioned was related to discrimination. Some were fired due to their trans identity. Cory, a white nonbinary person in their twenties, shared that while working in a Boston…