The first practical, accessible, nonjudgmental handbook helps individuals and organizations recognise and prevent microaggressions so that all employees can feel the sense of belonging in the workplace that they deserve.
Dr. Tiffany Jana is the CEO of TMI Portfolio, a collection of companies working to advance inclusive workplaces. TMI Consulting, a TMI Portfolio company, is a 2018 Best for the World B Corporation. She is also the coauthor of Overcoming Bias and the second edition of The B Corp Handbook. Michael Baran holds a PhD in cultural anthropology and has been researching, teaching, and practicing around issues related to diversity for over twenty years. His digital tools have been exhibited in museums and earned awards such as Top 100 Innovations in Global Education from the Finland-based group HundrEd.
"This is an unreasonable manifesto. It's unreasonable because it
challenges us to take responsibility, to be kind, to dig in, and to
change the invisible corners of our culture. We've got work to do.
Unreasonable is precisely what we need."
--Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing
"In my work, I have seen how Black people, especially
young Black women, are frequently excluded by 'well-intentioned'
people. Some of the exclusions are not subtle at all, but many of
them are. The subtle ones are especially insidious and pervasive
and hard to fight back against. This book skillfully uses stories
and research to build a deep understanding that may actually be
able to take something negative and turn it into an opportunity to
productively come together and create more support, trust, and
equity. Now that's a feat! Jana and Baran have found a way to give
shape and depth to a topic that is difficult to grasp and difficult
to speak up about because of its subtlety. But more than that, they
have provided a language that we can all use to actually have open
and productive conversations about topics that have become
incredibly divisive. I can see applications of this framework not
just for work but for higher education and beyond."
--Aimee Meredith Cox, PhD, Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Department of African American Studies, and Associate Professor,
Departments of Anthropology and African American Studies, Yale
University, and author of Shapeshifters "Tiffany Jana and
Michael Baran have provided us a powerful tool to help us learn
about how subtle forms of bias can profoundly impact people's sense
of belonging and their ability to perform at the highest level.
Through thoughtful research and powerful examples, they have not
only brilliantly articulated the problem but also offered us a
pathway to a solution. Kudos!"
--Howard Ross, author of ReInventing Diversity,
Everyday Bias, and Our Search for Belonging "This book
should open the floodgates for people to tell their own stories of
being subtly excluded at work, with a new language that will make
it so much easier to address out in the open and create teachable
moments. As a little person, I have experienced so many subtle acts
of exclusion over my career, whether it's people telling me I look
'cute' or having to constantly fight for respect and validity. I
wish every one of my colleagues over the years had been able to
read this book!"
--Becky Curran Kekula, Director, Disability Equality Index,
Disability: IN
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