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Being Adaptive in the Moment: Encouraging Flexibility to Find Innovative Solutions
In a dynamic world, when both the challenges and their potential solutions shift and change much faster than any good policy manual can keep up with, it’s much more effective to have a clear direction and guidelines that allow people who are close to the work to make smart choices in the face of dynamic conditions.
The Power of CARE: Reflections on Mental Health Awareness Month
During this Mental Health Awareness Month, perhaps the most important thing we can do is understand the prevalence of mental illness. The last few years have been stressful for all of us. For those living with anxiety or depression, or who have experienced extreme isolation, the impacts of the pandemic are more pronounced. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 Americans experience mental illness; for 1 in 20 Americans, that experience is severe.
Grounded in Purpose: BREATHwork for Breakthrough Leaders
Sharing best practices. Providing an inclusive workplace. Listening and unlearning to drive change. These are just a few of the ways that businesses in the Certified B Corporation community are moving toward a more inclusive and regenerative economy. They also...
🎥 Color blind or color brave – Mellody Hobson
🎥 The geography of inequality – Kevin Ehrman-Solberg
🎥 The problem with race-based medicine – Dorothy Roberts
🎥 How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time – Baratunde Thurston
📰 How to Be Less Stupid About Race – Crystal Marie Fleming
📰 The Urgency of Intersectionality Ted Talk – Kimberlé Crenshaw
📰 “The Unbearable Grief of Black Mothers” – A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez
📰 “George Floyd’s Mother was not there but he used her as a Sacred Invocation” – Lonnae O’Neal
📰 How to Be a Good American – Dana Brownlee
📰 CNN’s Omar Jimenez Could Have Been Me — Or Any of My Black Colleagues – Jada Gomez
📰 What We Should Have Learned From the L.A. Riots – Erik Parker
📰 How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change – Barack Obama
📰 Maintaining Professionalism in the Age of Black Death Is… A Lot – Shenequa Golding
📰 How White Women Can Use Their Privilege to End Racism – Tikia K. Hamilton, PhD
📰 My Dad Warned Me About the Myth of Racial Progress — He Was Right – Drew Costley
📰 We Won’t Let This Moment Be a Trend – Vanessa K. De Luca
📰 Office Allies Can’t Undo Yet Another Black Murder – The Only Black Guy In the Office
📰 There’s No Such Thing as a Pretty Protest – Tirhakah Love
📚 Me & White Supremacy – Layla Saad
📚 How to Be An Anti-Racist – Ibram X. Kendi
📚 So You Want to Talk About Race? – Ijeoma Oluo
📚 I’m Still Here – Austin Channing Brown
📚 Women, Race & Class – Angela Davis
📚 White Fragility – Robin DiAngelo
📚 Inner Work of Racial Justice – Rhonda Magee
📚 Racial Justice and Antiracism Book List – Des Moines Public Library
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Networks to the Rescue: It’s Not Too Late to Protect the Earth’s Future
Integrated Work CEO Jennifer Lyn Simpson and workplace innovator Sophie Wade explore how a human-centered approach based in empathy can guide leaders to build more resilient businesses.
Cultivating KIND Cultures to Unlock Innovation and Inclusivity in Workplaces
Integrated Work CEO Jennifer Lyn Simpson interviews Mark McBride-Wright about the power of leading with kindness.