To help you get started, I’ve compiled a list of some big things you can do to address common inclusion challenges around planning, employee recruitment and retention. This list is by no means exhaustive and should be explored collaboratively with a member of the group(s) you’re working to include.

Movements around the globe are garnering attention, igniting hashtags, and demanding change. But little is being shared within Canada on how we can actively support Black people in our communities. Let the list below be a starting point.

So, my ask of all of you managers, supervisors, CEO’s, Founders etc.: Instead of “checking in” on your black team members and staff, Here are a couple of things you can do

When you bring a group of people and organizations together with varied resources, you will run into a problem. Executing what has been discussed during the process of collaboration has a monetary cost and skills cost that often isn’t addressed.

Your career, like mine, has probably been filled with sticky notes with some variation of “collaboration” coating to the walls of every boardroom. “What does this even mean??” You might text your work buddy after your third meaningful collaboration workshop this quarter. It’s a concept that has left many jaded — or rolling their eyes.

In the previous article on collaborating or just validating, we walked through the difference between collaboration and its almost, but not quite, twin: validation. If haven’t yet, check out the first article in this series about the tools you need to help you and your team move from validation to real, inclusive collaboration here.