Thinking Out Loud

A place for work-in-progress ideas

A Collection of thoughts are shaping the work I do, and might be useful for you too.

Reflections from coaching rooms.

Things I notice in leadership conversations.

Questions that stay with me after an event, a session, or a decision.

Some pieces are short.

Some aren’t.

Most start because something didn’t sit right… and I wanted to understand why.

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Does DEI need to DIE?

Is DEI dead in 2024? Elon Musk certainly thinks so… and I might be inclined to agree with him, but not for the reasons you think.

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I had forgotten what it felt like to get punched.

The spaces we live and move in are so vital to our feelings of safety, belonging, and how resilient we can be. As an equality and inclusion coach I had overlooked this… and it got me punched at a networking event.

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Why are we all so scared of getting it wrong?

We may be amazing and unique individual humans, but we are at least consistent when it comes to feeling shame and embarrassment and not wanting to offend to people. But why does this happen?

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What is Privilege?

Understand what privilege is, what it isn’t, and the ways in which is shows up in ourselves and our workplaces.

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