Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Belonging

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• Accenture Inclusion and The Power of Diversity (one of my favorites) 
• A Celebration of Natural Hair – Cheyenne Cochrane – TED Talk
• Do We Really Want a World Without Down Syndrome? – Chessie Henry – TED Talk
• How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias – Valerie Alexander – TED Talk
• How Generational Stereotypes Hold Us Back at Work – Leah Georges - TED Talk
• How Childhood Trauma Affects Health across a Lifetime – Nadine Burke Harris – TED Talk
• How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them – VernāMeyers – TED Talk
• The Hidden Beauty of a Neurodiverse Mind – Tasha Jackson – TED Talk
• LGBT 101: An Introduction to the Queer Community
• The Myth of Bringing Your Full, Authentic Self to Work – Jodi-Ann Burey – TED Talk
• Navigating the Multigenerational Workplace: Shoulder Pads Not Required – Leah Georges – TED Talk
• Neurodiversity and Leadership – Tom Edwards – TED Talk
• Neurodiversity the Key That Unlocked My World – Elisabeth Wiklander – TED Talk
• Peeling the Layers of D and I- Nene Molefi – YouTube Channel
• Racism and the Economy – Federal Reserve
• To Speak Up for Inclusion, We Need to Speak about Inclusion (another favorite)
• Uncomfortable Conversations with Emmanuel Acho
• We Need to Talk about Black Fatigue at Work
• Want a More Just World? Be an Unlikely Ally - Dwinita Mosby Tyler - TED Talk
• Why I’m done Trying to Be Man Enough – Justin Baldoni – TED Talk 

• Broadening the Talent Base in the Insurance Industry with Dr. Brad Gronke
• The Diversity Gap - Bethaney Wilkinson Podcast (and book)
• Diversity as a Successful Business Division with Rodney Johnson VP Gallagher
• The Future of Work - Jacob Morgan Podcast
• HBR Women at Work Podcast
• In Good Company - Otegha Uwagba Podcast
• NPR Code Switch Podcast
• What Do You Think of When You Think of Culture? with Kristen Bakalar
• What is the Role of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Today’s Industry? with Dr. Leroy Nunery
• The Will to Change - Jennifer Brown Podcast
• Why Is Discussing Diversity and Inclusion So Uncomfortable? with Traci Adedeji

• 7 Ways to Improve Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
• Black Women with Natural Hairstyles are less likely to Get Job Interviews
• Black Women with Natural Hairstyles are More likely to be Rated as Less Competent, Less Professional in Job Interviews
• CLM Building a Culture of Inclusion
• CLM Our Authentic Selves - Dr. Brad Gronke et al
• CPCU Insights Journal The Inclusion Revolution - Dr. Brad Gronke
• CPCU Shifting from Good to Great How Mentorship Can Supercharge Your Career - Dr. Brad Gronke et al
• Creating Allies Creates Equity, But Are Allies Born or Made?
• Cognitive Diversity: Why the Best Leaders Build Teams That Disagree
• Duke University Research Black Women with Natural Hairstyles Often Perceived as Less Professional than Black Women with Straightened Hair
• Equity versus Equality: What’s the Difference? Tony Ruth
• Five Ways the Pandemic Changed Candidate Experience
• Four Senior Level Black Managers Including Diversity Leaders Exit AIG (2020)
• Generational Considerations – Millennials Never Wanted Ping Pong Tables at Work – But It’s All We Got
• Gen Z and Workplace Bullying, Ghosting, and Cancel Culture
• Geriatric Millennials Have the Most Power in the Workforce Right Now
• Gratitude May Be the Secret to Overcoming the Talent Crisis
• “Guys” is Not Gender-Neutral, Let’s Stop Using It like It Is
• HBR Advancing Black Leaders Series
• HBR The Cost of Code Switching
• HBR Do You Know Why Your Company Needs a Chief Diversity Officer?
• HBR Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case
• HBR How to Get Better at Reading People from Different Cultures
• HBR Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome
• HBR What is Psychological Safety?
• HBR Why Your Values Belong at Work
• Harvard Business Leadership Qualities that Enable Organizational Inclusivity
• Harvard Business Seven Conversations about Inclusion That Leaders Should Be Having Now
• How to Help Managers Develop Their Emotional Intelligence
• Inclusive Cultures from a Conflict Perspective: Rethinking Misconceptions Part 1
• Inclusion – a Conflict Perspective Conflicts are an Inevitable Part of Diversity and Inclusion Part 2
• My Name was “too Black” for Corporate America, and that’s Why I’m Reclaiming It
• NPR The Racial Caste System at the US Capitol
• The Progress Pride Flag
• Pronouns: Creating Safe Spaces 
• Recruiter Realness: The Racist, Sexist, Classist Views of Black People’s Hair
• Tap into Talent: Ending the Underrepresentation of Neurodiversity in the Workplace
• US Latinos Feel They Can’t Be Themselves at Work
• Why are Black Women Missing from Corporate Leadership?
• Why Intersectionality Matters Catalyst – Workplaces that Work for Women
• Why You Should Pay Attention to Your Biases When Supporting Colleagues through Stress

• 35 Dumb Things Well-Intended People Say: Surprising Things We Say That Widen the Diversity Gap by Maura Cullen
• The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
• Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison and Jennie Allen
• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt Ph.D. 
• Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters
• The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph
• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. R. Banaji, M. & Anthony G. Greenwald
• Breaking the Silence by Riisa Renee
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
• Courageous Conversations about Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools and Beyond by Glenn E. Singleton
• Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You: How to Delight and Engage the Customers Your Competitors Don’t Understand by Kelly McDonald
• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
• Dents in the Ceiling: Tools Women & Allies Need to Breakthrough by Angel G. Henry
• Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
• The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy by Scott Page
• Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion for Dummies by Dr. Shirley Davis
• Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
• Driven By Difference: How Great Companies Fuel Innovation through Diversity by David Livermore
• The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All by M. V. Lee Badgett
• Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion by Tiffany Jana and Ashley Diaz Mejias
• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
• Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace by David G. Smith and Brad Johnson
• His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
• How to Be an Antiracist 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 Market to People Not Like You: “Know It or Blow It” Rules for Reaching Diverse Customers by Kelly McDonald
• How to Talk to Your Boss about Race: Speaking up without Getting Shut down by Y-Vonne Hutchinson
• How to Work With and Lead People Not like You: Practical Solutions for Today’s Diverse Workplace by Kelly McDonald
• Hush Money: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job by Deborah Harris and Jacquie Abram
• Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change by Jennifer Brown
• Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging across Differences by Mary-Frances Winters
• The Inclusive Mindset: How to Cultivate Diversity in Your Everyday Life by Justin Jones-Fosu
• It’s Time to Talk about Race at Work: Every Leader’s Guide to Making Progress on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Kelly McDonald
• Leading Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Guide for Systemic Change in Multinational Organizations by Rohini Anand
• The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams by Pamela Fuller and Mark Murphy
• Letters to My Corporate Sisters Featuring Rebekah E. Ratliff: Stories of Endurance, Elevation, and Encouragement by Dr. Elizabeth A. Carter and Rebekah E. Ratliff
• The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
• Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing by Verna A. Myers
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• Outspoken: Why Women’s Voices Get Silenced and How to Set Them Free by Veronica Rueckert
• The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh
• The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing by Anneliese A. Singh Ph.D. LPC and Tim Wise
• Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
• Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
• This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand
• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
• Undiscovered Voices: Unlocking the Potential of Women in Insurance by Sarah Muniz
• We Can’t Talk about That at Work! How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics by Mary-Frances Winters
• We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• What If I Say the Wrong Thing?: 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People by Verna A. Myers
• When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures 4thEdition by Richard D. Lewis
• White Fragility: Why it’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: and Other Conversations about Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum 
• Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (and how to fix it) by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
• You’re Invited: A Non-Fluffy, Straight-To-The-Point, Easy-To-Digest Perspective on Why Belonging Is Best For Business by Kristen Bakalar

• The Actuary Report Holds Keys to Diversity and Inclusion
• The Black Experience at Work
• Forbes Americas Best Employers for Diversity
• HBR Research: How Companies Committed to Diverse Hiring Still Fail
• iii Insurance Information Institute Diversity and Inclusion in the Insurance Industry
• Insurers Work to Build Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces AM Best’s Review
• ISO 30415:2021 Human Resource Management Diversity and Inclusion
• Lean In Women in the Workplace Study
• National Academies Resources on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners Diversity Equity and Inclusion Framework
• Shared Equity Leadership
• S&P Global Diversity in the US Insurance Industry
• US House Committee on Financial Services Diversity and Inclusion: Holding America’s Largest Insurance Companies Accountable 

Assessments

• Emotional Intelligence Test - Psychology Today
• Emotional Intelligence Test - Truity
• Intercultural Development Inventory
• Project Implicit - Harvard
• What Do You Know About Unconscious Bias?– SHRM - Quiz

Activities

• 20 Activities for Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
• 50+ Ideas for Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion at Your Company
• The Emotion Wheel What It Is and How to Use It– Emotional Intelligence 
• Gender Unicorn 

• Dive In Festival
• Diversity and Inclusion Research Conference
• The Forum on Workplace Inclusion
• From Day One
• Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation IICF Inclusion in Insurance Global Conference
• Insure Equality
• International Leadership Association Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging Virtual Summit
• National Diversity and Leadership Conference

• African American Workers’ Compensation Professionals
• The Black Insurance Industry Collective
• Bloom Foundation (Young Women)
• The Center for Association Leadership American Society of Association Executives ASAE Diversity and Inclusion
• The Centre for Global Inclusion
• The Chicago Association of Black Storytellers
• D and I Leaders
• Diversity and Inclusion Institute
• Diversity MBA
• Dress for Success Chicago
• The FitzLane Project
• HIRMA Hispanic Insurance and Risk Management Association
• Inclusion Allies Coalition
• It Gets Better Project
• Link LGBTQ
• Mentoring
• NAAIA National African American Insurance Association 
• NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness
• National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
• Out Leadership
• Pride at Work
• Reaching Out MBA
• RIMS DEI Risk and Insurance Management Society
• Save LGBTQ
• Youth Outlook LGBTQ

• Cornell Certified Diversity Professional
• eCornell Diversity Equity and Inclusion Certificate Program
• Institute for Diversity Certification
• Northwestern School of Education and Social Policy Equity and Inclusion Certificate Program
• University of South Florida Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate

• Academy LGBTQ
• Crossroads Antiracism Training
• Insure Equality
• Jodi-Ann Burey
• Dr. Stefanie Johnson Inclusify Leadership Matrix (and Inclusify Book – Great Book)
• Lead at Any Level
• MindGym Diversity Equity and Inclusion
• Seramount
• Uplifting Impact
• The Winters Group

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
• Crisis Text Line
• The BlackLine (provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens)
• DESI Helpline LGBTQ+ (for South Asians)
• The Trans Lifeline
• The Trevor Project

• The Diversity and Inclusion Glossary