When a diverse group of individuals have a meeting, and a senior person (not openly autistic) dominates the conversation, clueless about how and why to be inclusive to introverts, who may have their own interesting backgrounds, ideas, stories to tell, but can only react politely.
Don’t preach diversity and inclusion if that’s the best you can do.
You wouldn’t believe how many senior leaders, HR professionals, EDI professionals etc get this absolutely fundamental basic so wrong.
Inclusion is not just a word or a sentiment. It requires conscious effort.
Is this an uncomfortable truth?
Yes, and it should be, when you’re in a role in which diversity and inclusion should be the golden thread running through all your working practices.
Will I feed this back anyway? Yes.
In the words of Chloe Hayden, “I don’t exist for the comfort of others”.
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