A guide to supporting your non-binary and trans employees when you witness them being misgendered in the workplace.

Today we’re sharing 3 ways you might be eroding trust with your team and how to change it.

We always hear of key areas for managers to improve in. Today we’re sharing 6 less common ways to be a better manager to your team.

Different’s Co-Founder, Milka Milliance, shares a personal reflection on her experience in navigating white workplaces as a Black woman along with some takeaways that can be helpful for your Black employees.

Different’s Co-Founder, Alex Suggs, shares a personal reflection on what DEI really means, outside of the manufactured rage around this important work.

We’re sharing 5 mindset shifts (+ a bonus shift!) you can make as a leader or manager to increase employee productivity without leading to burnout.

The landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is reaching a critical juncture. The journey thus far has been marked by both significant milestones and setbacks and the rapidly changing societal, economic, and technological milieu we’re all witnessing demands a different (and better) approach.

We’re therefore sharing five key ways to make your organization’s DEI and culture efforts find greater success in 2024.

Are you navigating the complexities of DEI in your organization and industry? Don't miss this crucial read! Milka Milliance, co-founder of Different, shares their expertise in a recent Business.com article, "Should Companies Take Stances on Social Issues?".

Are you navigating the complexities of DEI in your organization and industry? Don't miss this crucial read! Alex Suggs, co-founder of Different, shares their expertise in a recent HR Morning article, "DEI Disaster: 6 Pitfalls to Avoid".

Download our free workplace guide to learn how your organization and its leaders can engage more intentionally around issues that are important to your employees, customers, clients and the communities in which your organization operates.

Download our free workplace inclusion guide to learn about best practices your organization can integrate for more inclusive and equitable AI. The guide also comes with a free lightweight audit to assess the equity of your current AI practices.

Our workshop AI for All: Build Equitable and Inclusive Workplaces is an immersive learning experience where participants will explore five key considerations for integrating DEI principles into AI. If you are new to incorporating AI into your workplace and workflow, this session will enable you to come together to learn from and with others, share best practices, and help you rethink how to leverage this technology in a more inclusive and equitable way.

Download our free workplace inclusion guide to learn about best practices your organization can implement for greater equity and inclusion for your LGBTQIA+ employees. The guide also comes with a free lightweight audit to assess and enhance your people processes.

Leaders play a crucial role in shaping the culture of their organizations. A healthy organizational culture is one where trust, open communication, and collaboration are fostered among team members. These types of organizations not only hire leaders that demonstrate high levels of empathy, they also encourage a culture that is psychologically safe for teams to thrive. Let’s explore the importance of building a healthy organizational culture and the characteristics that leaders must possess and the behaviors they may model to to achieve this.

Leaders play a crucial role in shaping the culture of an organization. A healthy organizational culture that fosters trust, open communication and transparency encourages collaboration. This leads to increased employee engagement, productivity, and psychological safety in the workplace. However, some leaders, knowingly or unknowingly, create cultures of mistrust and fear within their organizations which can have damaging effects on employee morale, and ultimately – business outcomes.

Try these 4 activities you can incorporate at your next team retreat to identify team gaps, build awareness of team dynamics, repair and strengthen relationships, and commit to an action plan that benefits the entire group.

We share some important lessons we walked away with from our leadership retreat that facilitated greater connection, alignment and clarity with our team that can enhance your next gathering.

Gov. Ron DeSantis believes he can reach the White House by being hostile, in both word and deed, toward Black people, migrants and the LGBT+ community. His “anti-woke” campaign may be effective at stimulating his political base, but it is bad news for business — especially cutting-edge industries of the future.

A couple of years ago I learned that not everyone works the full 8 hour work day end to end without any breaks or distractions (other than maybe a lunch if they remember to take one). My partner at the time gently informed me that people do often take breaks and don't expect themselves to be productive every minute of a work day.

I was mind blown 🤯

Have you ever felt rejected? 🙋🏾‍♀️

As a DEI practitioner, I talk a lot about inclusion and creating psychologically safe spaces for people who have always been on the fringe; who have never quite fit in and probably never will. That's why I co-founded Different DEI with Alex and Grace Yi. While I’ve learned to embrace the solitude inherent to my identity/lived experiences, where it remains a challenge is as an entrepreneur.