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Jean Latting

Jean interviews Minal Bopaiah, author of Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives. She has much to say about the long and complicated path for DEI.

Jean Latting

Jean speaks with Dr. Myrtle Bell about the enduring value and strength of diversity.

Jean Latting

Instead of being shamed for an error you made, you were supported in redressing the situation. How did it affect your sense of responsibility and ownership?

Jean Latting

Jean addresses an issue in publishing her new book where she was confronted with the highly offensive misdeeds of one of her heroes. Read how she worked her way through it.

Jean Latting

Amri Johnson has a few provocative things to say about the current state of efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Jean Latting

Jean sums up her history of optimism, the arc of social justice, and the deliberate steps one has to take to keep an eye on the prize.

Jean Latting

Jean discusses transitional justice and the race class narrative: what works, what doesn’t, and how to stay the course.

Jean Latting

Jean interviews Daniel Oestreich, co-author of two books on what to say to someone, especially people in the workplace, when you are afraid to say it.

Jean Latting

How do you even begin to articulate a goal that lights you up, not to mention working toward it? Jean has some thoughts.

Jean Latting

Dr. Pratt learned how to follow the whisper of the spirit, work within and without the system, address racism and sexism head on, and promote impactful diversity initiatives.

Jean Latting

In today’s world, leadership is not about telling people what to do. Rod McCowan trains leaders to consider moral principles when making decisions.

Jean Latting

Studies show the benefits of affirming our value, yet we hesitate to share these affirmations with others.

Mike Todt

The Gross National Happiness Index exists, and it works in Bhutan as well as other countries. Mike writes of his upcoming visit to Bhutan to see this phenomenon in action.

Jean Latting

Sherra Aguirre speaks with Jean about the leadership role she took on in her community to promote changing the typical African American diet.

Jean Latting

In June of 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in college admission.

Jean Latting

Ilana Redstone says the Certainty Trap happens when we have moral principles we are 100% sure of and shut out any objections to the contrary.

Jean Latting

Elizabeth Melendez Fisher Good was burned out and ended up with a mission to address sex trafficking.

Jean Latting

The most successful people in any field know how to seek the expertise of other successful people in order to improve themselves and their performance.

Jean Latting

Dr. Melissa Ochoa has a few things to say about the word Latinx; mainly, she doesn’t like it. For one thing, it doesn’t work in Spanish. Hear what she proposes instead.

Carole Marmell

Unsung heroes are all around us. Many were women; in many cases, their work was known but men took the credit.

Jean Latting

Journalist Talia Lavin began a social experiment aimed at understanding and exposing the White nationalist movement.

Jean Latting

What is the culture – police and American – that allows this to continue? What are the obstacles? What can we as individuals do about it?

Jean Latting

When disaster inevitably strikes, what is your response? Wait for someone to fix it, dwell on the unfairness of it all? What do you need to move ahead?

Jean Latting

It’s the new year, and we all have good intentions. What about our determination to stop procrastinating now?

Jean Latting

What if you had no inner critic telling you you’re just not good enough? What if you learned to silence your inner critic? What could you accomplish?

Jean Latting

Dina Gilio-Whitaker answers what would be lost if Indigenous people were completely assimilated into White society and if they would even be accepted?

Jean Latting

As initiators of change, the ICTJ works with victims and survivors of massive human rights violations to hold those responsible to account.

Carole Marmell

Our online membership program, Pathfinders: Leadership for social and racial justice, uses the blog posts for members to read, reflect, and discuss.

Jean Latting

The California Reparations Task Force is seeking reparations to overcome the legacy of privileged whiteness and racism in this country.

Leading Consciously

We are living in turbulent times. What to do? How to cope? How are each of us in Leading Consciously coping?

Carole Marmell

This post explores how "not changing much" in the past three years proved that I did, indeed, take some huge risks.

Jean Latting

This discussion covers the roots of racism, who suffers from it, and what can be done about it. Spoiler: it’s not just people of color.

Jean Latting

Stephen B. Karpman’s drama triangle represents a pattern of dysfunctional relationships. It can exist in domestic situations and in the workplace too.

Jean Latting

Jean asks André Harris about his sickle cell, his experience with sexual assault, and his ability to thrive where others might have given up.

Francine Derby

Are you consumed by work? And how can you produce excellence without burning out? Francine Derby has a lot to say about it.

Leading Consciously

Happy New Year!

Jean Latting

John Fisher depicts the emotional roller coaster we ride during a change. Jean uses the graphic to illustrate her journey toward realizing a vision.

Jean Latting

Think about a time when you were marginalized by a superior…or worse, when you did the marginalizing. You’re a good person. What can you do to change?

Nonjabulo Mlangeni

What did it take to make ordinary Germans into killers? Were there unusual circumstances, or could this still happen?

Jean Latting

The R-word can set nerves on fire. How do we talk about racism without engaging others' emotions and shutting down their ability to think clearly?

Jean Latting

Brandon discusses stereotyping, ostracism, effemiphobia -phenomenon of people not wanting to be associated with the negative parts of themselves & BLM.

Jean Latting

Jean talks about relative advantages of implementing policy changes through an incremental approach versus a confrontational, direct action strategy.

Jean Latting

When self-doubt threatens our purpose and we feel incapable of overcoming, what can we do about it? Jean’s story is of overcoming self-sabotage.

Peter Michaelson

Harnessing our internal strength in battle, we will combat American authoritarianism. Peter posits you cannot fight power without finding your own.

Jean Latting

Angela Blanchard built a solid foundation for BakerRipley by not just doing food but building platforms that make it possible to do good.

Jean Latting

Well-meaning people adopt ideals of justice - including punitive and restorative. How do we live those ideals?

Jean Latting

A list of resources to start you on the road to knowledge and understanding about anti-Black racism.

Jean Latting

Charles speaks about exploring generational identity and professional lives of Black women. No one has heard any of their stories.