The LISTEN protocol transforms conversations into opportunities for connection, growth, and action. Whether you’re part of a business team, an educational setting, or even within your family, the LISTEN protocol provides a structured yet flexible approach for improving dialogue. Don’t forget to download the guide at the end of this article!
Have you ever felt like you belonged, only to realize you were conforming rather than being your true self? “Belonging blinders” are metaphorical shields that obscure how we may be excluded, even as we strive to fit into social groups or environments. In this post, we explore how these blinders impact us, and offer actionable strategies to break free and foster true inclusion in our lives and communities. Download a Reflection Guide.
Discover how our AI-powered Feedback Generator acts as your personal DEIA coach, providing tailored, actionable insights to elevate your registered apprenticeship programs. Instantly receive expert-like evaluations and recommendations that empower you to build more inclusive and effective educational environments.
This case study delves into the development of the “CTE and STEM Student Survey Generator,” a pioneering tool designed to help educators create surveys that reach the root causes of inequity and point us to targeted and strategic solutions.
Dive into our Identify Systemic Barriers Activity to uncover and tackle systemic inequities in your organization, fostering a more inclusive environment for all.
In an increasingly interconnected world, the ability to communicate across cultural boundaries is not just a valuable skill—it’s a necessity. But what exactly does it mean to communicate in a culturally intelligent way? And more importantly, how can we develop this skill? This post aims to explore these questions and introduce a practical tool to enhance your intercultural communication skills—the LISTEN framework.
Prejudices, stereotypes and bias often operate in combination to influence your behavior. However, you can positively influence your behavior with our unbiasing nudges, a tool for modifying the environment in which you make decisions. In this post, we recommend a set of 4×2 nudges to unbias how we operate. Download a PDF handout/poster, and access a set of slides to use in your meetings as nudges for creating equitable and inclusive environments.
Stewardship cultivates an enriching atmosphere, the opposite of gatekeeping behaviors. Everyone can practice stewardship and facilitate belonging for those around them. In this post, I describe stewardship and gatekeeping, and provide a set of prompts to equip us with a mindset and choice framework.
Every group naturally develops normative behaviors, expectations, and unwritten ways of operating. To intentionally engineer inclusion, you can set or establish norms that scaffold equitable and inclusive practices. We’ve created a simple four-S alliteration to help you get started. Save the image, download the pdf, or use our pledge as a starting place to create your own.
We help people intentionally and systematically engineer equity and inclusion into their organizations: driving positive outcomes and effectively supporting employees and the community.
We acknowledge that we gather as Engineer Inclusion in Orange, Texas, on the unceded land of the Ishak (Atakapa), Koasati (Coushatta), and Alabama Peoples. Colonizers excised these indigenous groups from their traditional land through forced removal. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations. We invite you to learn more about land acknowledgments here and search for the traditional stewards of the land where you live and work here.
