Diversity

For many of us, ‘The Voice’ was our first introduction to blind auditions. After years of watching American Idol and The X Factor, the meritocratic nature of this show would serve as a refreshing take on competitive reality TV. Yet, unknown to many is that blind auditions go back much…

DE&I training is often kicked off with sessions on topics like unconscious bias or allyship or with a series covering anti-racism or privilege. However, discussing diversity, equity and inclusion (or a lack thereof) can be complex. 🧠 It can raise deeply entrenched mindsets around power, privilege, and the status quo…

I’m considering submitting an idea for design of a 90-minute meeting to the New Rules for Work. First I have to get over my resistance to encouraging more meetings. — When I first saw this challenge I thought, “the last thing the working world needs is more meetings!” But I realized that in my work, that isn’t totally true — the last thing I need is to go to yet another meandering meeting with no purpose, requiring no contribution from…

3 Stories from Disabled Parents By Arielle Dance, PhD, Diversability Parenting with a disability is achievable and nurtures strong families and compassionate children. Disability is only one factor of how or if disabled people parent, but being disabled does not determine how great of a parent they will be. As a disabled person investigating my…