Uncover your network’s diversity with this easy and enlightening DEI Mapping Tool

Is your conscience nagging you about unconscious bias? 

Do you know you could do better but it all, well, seems overwhelming?

Do you feel some pressure to do …. something …. but you’re not sure where to start?

At last month’s Learning and Development Roundtable, we tackled Unconscious Bias with fun and flair.  

Yes, both are possible.

Given our fractured, divisive, and divided world, we could all use a little help in this incredibly important area.

Which is why I have your back with this simple exercise.

One of the things about unconscious bias is inadvertently surrounding yourself with an echo chamber.  

Surrounding yourself with people who look and think and move around the world like you do.

That’s easy.  And comfortable.

But it’s not necessarily effective.

You miss out on all of the juicy good stuff that ‘other’ has to offer

So take a minute and ‘map’ those folks with who you tend to surround yourself with using this tool. 

When you click on the link you’ll see a pull-down menu for a bunch of ‘categories.’

Once you claim a row for each person you’d like to ‘map,’ simply mark them ‘same’ or ‘different’ from you.

Make sure you scroll all the way over to the right where you’ll see the tally of your number of ‘same’ and ‘different.’

Feel free to ‘map’ as many friends/colleagues as you wish.

Then step back and take a look.

Do you see any patterns?  

Are there any categories that all your friends/colleagues are the same?

Do you have more ‘sames’ or more ‘different?’

This will give you a quick overview of who you tend to surround yourself with.

And, it’ll give you an action plan.

A place to look for more diversity.

Enjoy the adventure.

Now go on and learn, laugh, and lead

Learn

• Map your friends and colleagues now

Laugh

• Walk a mile with someone else’s cookie. “The best apology is changed behaviour.”

Lead

• Check out the wonderful book this exercise was adapted from, called “The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias; How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection and Create High-Performing Teams, Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, and Anne Chow.”

PS

• Speaking of the Learning and Development Roundtable, the last one of 2024 is this week. It’s on Tech tools to save your sanity at home and at work. More info here. Register here.