Workers around the world are getting competing instructions right now: come back to the office! No, stay out of the office! But, still, come back to the office! It’s not surprising. With the Delta variant continuing its surge, and vaccination levels in some countries not near the levels needed to…

Every time I would think about what it means to be Black in America, I would dig a hole in my garden. — After 38 years, I moved out of the city and into the country. Only an hour, but as a Black woman who has lived in cities her entire life, it sometimes feels like the moon. I moved to a house with a disturbingly large garden plot and many weeds. I…

I’m a Black woman who speaks about racism in the workplace. Which means I am a hopeful realist. You have to be both if you do this work. I recognize the public shaming that many organizations in America had to face to even make the barest acknowledgment that Black lives…

“What if I say the wrong thing?” I have spoken dozens of times on anti-racism in the workplace the last month and this is almost always the first question I get. Here’s what I say. We have to start by taking apart this myth of “saying the wrong thing.” The…

Before you talk to your kids about race, answer this question — I’m a black woman who talks about race. So, in the past few days, I have received many requests from white people — all women — for resources on how to talk to their white children about race. I appreciate the sincerity of the request—and I’m also looking hard at…

Meet Brad, a white man, and Keisha, a black woman. They both work for your company. Let’s have you play the role of their manager. You’re going to decide who stays and who goes. Will your decision be a fair one? We are in the midst of a pandemic and…