What’s love got to do with it? Diversity, equity and inclusion as pillars of social innovation

When I first entered into a social innovation space, it fascinated me. I want to dive in and figure out what it meant for solving pernicious social problems. At one…

Some truth about resilience

“My manager (who is white) can have sympathy for me when I talk about racism at work, but I don’t think it’s the same kind of empathy as my friends who are also people of colour” I say this to a group of people learning about systems design.

Being inclusive is not a highway to heaven

I was sitting on the couch in shock that I had been shamed for choosing to shop at a conglomerate corporation to feed myself. I was almost in tears as I just about stormed out of the room. It didn’t occur to me that up until that point I had normalized…

The Banality of Small Talk

You walk into the office on Monday and have to answer the question: How was your weekend?

Quite often I have to wonder, how honest I have to be. How much cultural sensitivity does this person, how much will they accept my social excursions as normal, and…

Equity practice notes part 1

– – – on the work of equity.

The work of making more equitable world is about being less shitty to each other.

If you want to be an ally start by asking what the affect of my your choices have on others. If you realize perhaps your decisions may…