This is a surprisingly strong book that manages to walk the careful tightrope between activism and practical advice. Miranda-Wolff makes a business-oriented argument as to why DEIB work is important to organizations, without that argument being rooted solely in 'because it's the right thing to do'. As an activist myself, I don't need convincing of the importance of that work, and so I appreciated even more Miranda-Wolff's care in making a guidebook for those who aren't deeply engrained in that space. She speaks without judgement for those unsure of how or why to uptake the work, and that's commendable for I'm not sure I could have such patience. While I personally bristle at the idea of merging capitalism and DEIB (as I believe they are diametrically opposed concepts), I am aware that I am an outlier and I'm glad a book like this exists. I will be recommending it to several different people in organizational management. There are practical steps and practical ideas in here that make DEIB less 'intimidating' and more likely to be adopted.

WOW! This is by far the best book on building a mindset around diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) at a workplace. I wish this book had been published when I wrote my thesis two years ago touch-basing on personal as well as organizational values!

Anyway, it is never late too gain new insights that will inform me about my next steps.

Though leaders of organization and teams are now expected to commit to DEIB, little are they prepared on the HOW and WHAT. Most of them may understand the WHY, that is why there is an urgency to create a mindset that revolves around DEIB, but they fail at implementing a DEIB culture.

"Changing someone´s mind is harder than changing their behavior", Alida Miranda-Wolff rightfully claims, hence it is the more important that this topic is treated with its importance rather than its hype at workplaces and with respect rather than throwing a few empty phrases on the stages. Alida Miranda-Wolff did a great job on exemplifying on how to create a DEIB culture by her own company Ethos plus a myriad of case studies of her clients. On top of it, she created templates and articulated incisive questions to implement the DEIB culture in an end-to-end process from hiring to onboarding to retention to rolling out the DEIB culture in an organization that will also scale by means of purposeful principles!

Alida Miranda-Wolff shares valuable templates and surveys, BUT there is one major shortcoming: The action plan that she refers to in every single chapter, which is supposed to be available on a webpage she mentions, is not functioning. Why? Therefore cutting off 1 star.

Great insights! Not a bla-bla book on a highly sensitive, but hyped topic in organizations these days. Please make the action plan availabe, Alida Miranda-Wolff!! :)

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Like the subtitle this book is all about creating room for everyone to thrive, the more diverse they are, the more work you put in to see to that you create an organization that lasts. It is timely because in the recent turn of events so many organizations and workplaces are being called upon to be more inclusive.
The author explores 4 core areas: DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.
What does it mean to be equitable, inclusive and belong? These are some the key areas that she explores with case examples drawn for her life-work experiences and those of organizations too.
It is a book that could be key in shaping policies that drive organizations in this current time.

Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.

Overall I enjoyed this book and the topic is extremely relevant and necessary for diverse corporate growth and development. My only constructive feedback is to include a summary of the action steps that need to be taken at the end of each relevant section. Some of the implementation was a little lost in the background and context but including a very brief summary will be useful to easily reference as businesses read and implement this well researched work! Thank you for the opportunity to read and review!

I will prepare a more formal review closer to the publication date on Amazon, Goodreads and Barnes and Nobel.