Northwest Diversity Learning Series Resources
ISDI provides the resources on this page for attendees of the NW Diversity Learning Series to continue your learning on the topics of our workshops. We intend for these to help you better understand and solve the DEI challenges and opportunities you encounter.
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2024 NWDLS Workshop Resources
Resources
Workshop 1 | Workshop 2 | Workshop 3 | Workshop 4 | Workshop 5| Workshop 6
Workshop 6 with Byron Slosar
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“The DEI Factor in Talent Pools: Expanding Options for Nontraditional Candidates”
The sixth Workshop of 2024 explains what organizations can do to make their early career hiring practices more equitable and to reach under-tapped pools of talent.
Documentary
- Kahn, Josh (2024) Untapped: Closing America’s Opportunity Gap
Books
- Brown, Karen (2024) The Leaders You Need: How to Create Diverse Leadership Teams for a More Dynamic, Resilient Future
- Mallick, Mita (2023) Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace
- Woods, Arthur and Susanna Tharakan (2021) Hiring for Diversity: The Guide to Building an Inclusive and Equitable Organization
- Foxworth, Raymond and Steve Dubb. (2021) Invisible No More: Voices from Native America (A book to celebrate Native American Heritage Month)
Articles
- ABC News (2020) “New App Connects Diverse College Students with Employers.”
- Hilgers, Laura (2022) “5 Ways to Support and Hire More Indigenous Workers.” LinkedIn Talent Blog.
- McLaren, Samantha (2024) “How 3 Orgs Closed Critical Talent Gaps by Creating Opps for Skilled Refugees.” LinkedIn Talent Blog.
- Rustamli, Emil (2024) “From a Small Mountainous Village in Azerbaijan to Wall Street.” HelloBlog.
- Slosar, Byron (2024) “How Hiring Teams with Diverse Lived Experiences Can Drive Success.” FastCompany.
- Slosar, Byron (2022) “4 Ways to Create a More Diverse and Inclusive Workplace.” Inc.
Workshop 5 with Ana Carolina Treviño
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“The DEI Factor in Customer Satisfaction:
Understand, Empathize, and Relate to Every Customer ”
The fifth Workshop of 2024 addresses how to actively listen for true understanding in order to foster stronger relationships and enhance customer satisfaction.
Videos
- Stovall, Janet (2018) How to Get Serious about Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
- Pollock, Meagan(2022) How to Become an Inclusive Leader
Books
- Donovan, Mason & Mark Kaplan (2019) The Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity & Inclusion Pays Off
- Johnson, Stefanie K. (2020) Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams
- Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla. (2021) The Undocumented Americans (A book to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month)
Articles
- Trovato, Stephanie (2021) “5 Ways to Incorporate DEI into your CX Practices”
- McKinsey & Company (2022) “What is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?”
- Bonilla, Brian (2024) “Inside the Multicultural Marketing Debate – How the Ad World is Clashing Over Culture“
- Accelingo’s Global Marketing Blog (2024) “Multicultural Marketing: Why It’s Key to Your Brand & How to Do It“
Reports
- Direct Digital Holdings (2024) “Cracking the Code: How Multicultural & Gen Z Reshape Mainstream Marketing”
- Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing (2024) “The State & Outlook of Inclusive Marketing: Removing Systemic Barriers to Achieve Growth and Equity in the Marketing Ecosystem“
Game
- The Inclusion Deck – a way to engage groups in discussion of DEI topics
Website
Workshop 4 with Anna Liotta
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“The DEI Factor in Employee Engagement:
Unlocking Generational CODES® to Bridge Boundaries, Create Understanding, and Foster Conscious Leadership”
The fourth Workshop of 2024 addresses how to make people feel seen, heard, and appreciated despite our generational differences.
Books
- Chamine, Shirzad. (2012) Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOURS
- Haidt, Jonathan. (2024) The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- Koenig, Urs. (2024) Radical Humility: Be a Badass Leader and a Good Human
- Liotta, Ana. (2012) Unlocking Generational Codes
- Lyons, Dr. Scott. (2023) Addicted to Drama: Healing Dependency on Crisis and Chaos in Yourself and Others
- Pate, Eddie and Jonathan Stutz. (2024) Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders: A Guide to Building a Culture of Belonging
- Twenge PhD, Jean M. (2023) Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future
- Van der Kolk, MD, Bessel. (2014) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- Davis Brown, Dr. Joel A. (2023) The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice (A book to celebrate Pride Month)
Article
- Röttger, S., Theobald, D.A., Abendroth, J. et al. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol 46, pages 19-28. (2021) “The Effectiveness of Combat Tactical Breathing as Compared with Prolonged Exhalation”
Blog
Workshop 3 with Karen Brown
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“The DEI Factor in Talent Retention: Building a Culture Where People Want to Stay”
The third workshop of 2024 addresses how to build an inclusive culture that attracts and supports people and makes them want to stay.
Videos
- Buckingham, Marcus (2018) The Check-In Conversation
- Deloitte UK (2015) Respect & Inclusion at Deloitte
- Freakonomics Radio, Episode 495 (2024) Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Update)
Podcast
- Freakonomics Radio, Episode 495 (2024) Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Update)
Books
- Buckingham, M. (2022) Love & Work
- Duhigg, C. (2024) Supercommunicators
- Joly, H. (2021) The Heart of Business
- Tate Ankeny, S. (2024) American Flygirl (A book to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage in the month of May)
Articles
- Brown, K. (2018) To Retain Employees Focus on Inclusion – Not Just Diversity
- Inspirus (2023) The 3 R’s of Employee Retention: Respect, Recognition, and Rewards
- Redding, A. and Clark, D. (2023) How to Find a Mentor at Your Company
- Slosar, B. (2023) Three Things to Know When Recruiting Gen-Z
- Slosar, B. (2023) Three Fresh Perspectives to Help Your Company in Recruiting the Next Generation of Talent
- Slosar, B. (2023) Attracting Gen Z Talent with Sustainable Culture
- Slosar, B. (2022) 4 Ways to Create a More Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
- Tupper, H. and Ellis, S. (2022) It’s Time to Reimagine Employee Retention
Workshop 2 with Damon Stoddard
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“The DEI Factor in Psychological Safety: The Key to Everyone Thriving”
The second workshop of 2024 explores a deep understanding of why psychological safety plays a key role in inclusion and belonging.
In Honor of Women’s History Month:
Workshop 1 with Rebekah Steele
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“The DEI Factor in Innovation: Leveraging the Creativity of Diverse Teams”
The first workshop of 2024 explores a deep understanding of why diversity, inclusion, and equity matter for innovation, and offers specific techniques to drive innovation with DE&I.
Articles
DE&I and Innovation
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- Steele, R., & Derven, M. (2015) Diversity & Inclusion and innovation: a virtuous cycle. Industrial and Commercial Training, 47 (1), 1-7. Contact Rebekah Steele here for a copy.
- Hewlett, S. A., Rashid, R., & Sherbin, L. (2018) Diversity’s positive impact on innovation and outcomes. Ideas (Vol. 30, p. 38).
- Hewlett, S.A., Marshall, M. & Sherbin, L. (2013, December) How Diversity Can Drive Innovation, Harvard Business Review:
- Johansson, F. & Hastwell, C. (2023, June) Why Diverse and Inclusive Teams Are the Engines of Innovation, Great Place to Work,
- Levine, S. (2020, January) Diversity Confirmed to Boost Innovation And Financial Results, Forbes:
- Miller, J. (2023, August) The Power Of Diversity And Inclusion: Driving Innovation And Success, Forbes:
- Phillips, K. (2014, October) How Diversity Makes Us Smarter: Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder-working. Scientific American.
- Rock, D., & Grant, H. (2016, November) Why Diverse Teams are Smarter. Retrieved August 23, 2018, from Harvard Business Review:
- Ely, R. J., & Thomas, D. A. (2020) Getting serious about diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case. Harvard Business Review, 98(6), 114-122.
- Eswaran, V. (2019, April) The business case for diversity in the workplace is now overwhelming. In World Economic Forum.
- King, B. J. (2017) Unleashing the Power of Inclusion. Attracting and Engaging the Evolving Workforce. Deloitte Development LLC.
- Ellen McGirt (2019) How Global Food Giant Barilla Became an LGBTW Ally
- Design Thinking
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- Di Russo, S. (2016) Understanding the behaviour of design thinking in complex environments.
- Kolko, J. (2015, September) Design Thinking Comes of Age. Harvard Business Review
- Books
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- Maitland, A. and Steele, R. (2020) INdivisible: Radically rethinking inclusion for sustainable business results. Young & Joseph Press.
- Steele, R. and Wenger, L. (2020) Design the Future: Breakthroughs with diversity, inclusion, and design thinking. [Free PDF!]
- Docherty, M. (2015) Collective disruption: How corporations & startups can co-create transformative new businesses. Polarity Press.
- Ekelund, B. (2019) Unleashing the power of diversity: How to open minds for good. Routledge.
- Hewlett, S., Marshall, M., Sherbin, L., & Gonsalves, T. (2013) Innovation, Diversity, and Market Growth. Center for Talent Innovation.
- Kahane, A. (2017) Collaborating with the enemy: How to work with people you don’t agree with or like or trust. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
- Kahane, A. (2004) Solving tough problems: An open way of talking, listening, and creating new realities. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
- Kanter, R. M. (2020) Think outside the building: How advanced leaders can change the world one smart innovation at a time. Hachette UK.
- Page, S. E. (2019) The Diversity Bonus: How great teams pay off in the knowledge economy. Princeton University Press.
- Page, S. (2007) The Difference: How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies. Princeton University Press.
- Syed, M. (2019) Rebel Ideas: The power of diverse thinking. Hachette UK
Podcasts
Game of Teams including:
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- Episode 74: How To Radically rethink Inclusion For Sustainable Business Results with Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele.
- Episode 73: Collaboration Equity for Remote and Hybrid Teams with Nigel Vanderlinden.
Futurized including:
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- The Future of Inclusion and Diversity in Business
- Essential Risk w/Chat GPT
- The Disruption of Failure
- Simple is the Future
- Tech, Art, and Transformation
- Play, Uncertainty, and Growth
- How to Demystify Technology
- Free Education Until You Start Your Career
- The Rise of Empathy
- The Real World Beyond Sustainability
- Teen Entrepreneurship
Videos
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- Hill, Linda (2014) How to manage for collective creativity
Websites