
The Inclusive Mindset
Additional Resources
Disclaimer: The views and opinions of links and resources recommended do not necessarily represent the views of Work. Meaningful. These links and suggestions simply serve as tools to better understand terms, ideas, and practices. Also, this is not an exhaustive list. There are many more books, articles, and videos that can help you on your Inclusive Mindset Journey.
- The Inclusive Mindset Plan (IMP) Template (click here)
- Ways to Help Your Organization Live Out These Values: How We Work with Organizations (TheInclusiveMindsetOrg.com)
- Common and Uncommon Diversity & Inclusion Terms (click here)
Books:
- ADKAR by Jeffrey M. Hiatt
- Belonging At Work: Everyday Actions You Can Take to Cultivate an Inclusive Organization by Rhodes Perry MPA
- Better Allies: Everyday Action to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces by Karen Catlinby
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice by Jennifer L. Eberhardt PhD
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high by Joseph Grenny and Kerry Patterson
- Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together by William Isaacs
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, et al.
- Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-opening Interviews to jumpstart Conversations bout Identity, Privilege, and Bias by Bari A. Williams
- Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business by Pamela Newkirk
- How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
- How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive by Jennifer Brown
- How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
- How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
- I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships by Michael S. Sorensen
- Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change (2) by Jennifer Brown
- Inclusive Leadership by Charlotte Sweeney and Fleur Bothwick
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
- Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G. Johnson
- So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity & Inclusion Pays Off by Mason Donovan and Mark Kaplan
- The Inclusion Nudges Guidebook: 100 how-to behavioral designs to de-bias and make inclusive behavior, culture, and systems the default and norm by Lisa Kepinski and Tinna C. Nielsen
- The Inclusive Mindset: How to Cultivate Diversity in Your Everyday Life by Justin Jones-Fosu ☺
- The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity while Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work by Laura A. Liswood
- We Can’t Talk about That atWork!: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics by Mary-Frances Winters
- What if I say the wrong thing by Verna Myers
Videos:
- TED Salon: 3 Ways to be a better Ally in the Workplace by Melinda Briana Epler
- 7 Mini-Episodes of Everyday Diversity by Justin Jones-Fosu
- TEDx: Bias – The Perspective You May Be Missing by Maiysha Clairborne
- TED: Color Blind or Color Brave by Mellody Hobson
- TEDx: Don’t take the exit on people by Justin Jones-Fosu
- Empathy by Brenee Brown
- TEDx: How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly toward Them by Vernā Myers
- TEDx: Our Fight For Disability Rights and Why we aren’t done yet by Judith Heumann
- TED: Take the other to lunch by Elizabeth Lesser
- TED: The Story We Tell about Millennials and Who We Leave Out by Reniqua Allen
Articles/Blogs:
- 6 Ways to Overcome Your Biases for Good by Alice Boyes, Psychology Today, August 20, 2015
- Active Listening Skills: Definitions and Examples, Career Guide, Indeed, February 8, 2021
- Are Your D&I Efforts Helping Employees Feel Like They Belong? by Michael Slepian, Harvard Business Review, August 19, 2020
- Create a Sense of Belonging by Karyn Hall, Psychology Today, March 24, 2014
- Delivering Through Diversity by Vivian Hunt, Lareina Yee, Sara Prince, and Sundiatu Dixon-Fyle, (Denver: McKinsey & Company, 2018)
- Diversity and Inclusion Efforts That Really Work by David Pedulla, Harvard Business Review, May 12, 2020
- Diversity wins: How inclusion matters by Sundiatu Dixon-Fyle, Kevin Dolan, Vivian Hunt, and Sara Prince, McKinsey Quarterly, May 19, 2020
- Diversity without Inclusion Is Exclusion by Christine W. Li, DIA Global Forum, January 2018
- Empathy vs. Sympathy by Neel Burton, Psychology Today, updated April 27, 2020
- Engaging Men in Gender Initiatives: What Change Agents Need to Know by Jeanine Prime and Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, (n.p.: Catalyst, 2009), quoted in Bourke, “Six Signature Traits.”
- Focusing on What Works for Workplace Diversity, McKinsey & Company, April 7, 2017
- Getting Serious about Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case by Robin Ely and David Thomas, Harvard Business Review, November–December 2020
- How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace by Robert Livingston, Harvard Business Review, September–October 2020
- Learn Empathy in Just 5 Steps by Andrea Brandt, Psychology Today, September 6, 2018
- Microaggressions Are a Big Deal: How to Talk Them Out and When to Walk Away by Andrew Limbong, NPR, June 9, 2020
- Minorities Who ‘Whiten’ Job Resumes Get More Interviews by Dina Gerdeman, Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School, May 17, 2017
- Privilege 101: A Quick and Dirty Guide by Sian Ferguson, Everyday Feminism, September 29, 2014
- Remembering the Future: Our Brain Saves Energy by Pre- dicting What It Will See by University of Glasgow, Medical XPress, March 24, 2010
- Similarity and Attraction among Majority and Minority Groups in a Multicultural Context by Lisa M. Osbeck, Fathali M. Moghaddam, and Stephanie Perreault, Inter- national Journal of Intercultural Relations 21, no. 1 (1997)
- The Five Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders, Korn Ferry
- The Six Signature Traits of Inclusive Leadership by Juliet Bourke, Deloitte Insights, April 14, 2016
- The Surprising Power of Questions by Alison Wood Brooks and Leslie K. John, Harvard Business Review, May–June 2018
- There Are Actually 3 Types of Empathy. Here’s How They Differ— and How You Can Develop Them All by Justin Bariso, Inc., September 19, 2018
- What Great Listeners Actually Do by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, Harvard Business Review, July 14, 2016
- What Privilege Really Means (and Doesn’t Mean)—to Clear Up Your Doubts Once and for All by Maisha Z. Johnson, Everyday Feminism, July 21, 2015
- What to Know about Microaggressions in the Workplace by Jessica Caporuscio, Medical News Today, July 22, 2020
- Why Does Belonging Matter at Work? by Steven Huang, The SHRM Blog, July 3, 2020
- Why the ‘Business Case’ for Diversity Isn’t Working by Sarah Kaplan, Fast Company, February 12, 2020