What Needs to Change About DEI — and What Doesn’t

As DEI work faces increasing social, political, and legal scrutiny, organizations are taking extra care to reevaluate their DEI efforts. Leaders are right to see the change, not as a reaction to a backlash, but to work toward a more accountable, transparent, and successful vision of what DEI could be. The author identifies three things that need to change: 1) clunky, jargon-heavy communication, 2) disconnected and decoupled DEI goals and programs, and 3) non-existent or vain DEI measurement. He also identifies three things that must be maintained: 1) responsiveness to society at large, 2) commitment to healthy organizations, and 3) the belief that we can be better.