You know a book is underwhelming when you forget to come back and review it until months later. I appreciate the arc and as someone deeply committed to "Radical Inclusion" and DEI I thought I would love this but it wasn't what I expected. The author rambled on and shared unrelated anecdotes and despite the title the book didn't feel very actionable at all. I was just left with an overwheming sense of meh, dissapointment and confusion. If you are familiar with the author and the work he has done you may enjoy it but I was looking for more user friendly step by step tools and new "best practices" rather than personal stories.

Perhaps if it had been titled and marketed as a memoir about his work in Sierra Leone I would have enjoyed it more (as I loved Melinda Gates' book) but alas I did not love this.

I have been trying to do the DEI work, and I appreciate all of the recent books on diversity and inclusion that are being released right now. I recently listened to the audiobook of Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World by David Moinina Sengeh.

As the newly appointed minister of education in Sierra Leone, Sengeh works against the long-standing policy to keep pregnant girls out of schools. He shares the efforts he and his team took, and the overall lessons can be applied to all aspects of business and in life.

I really enjoyed listening to how Sengeh worked to change cultural norms in Sierra Leone. I did appreciate the lengthy discussion on inclusion in this book. This was such a hopeful book - and as I finished this, I felt like there might still be good people in the world, especially in politics and in the government.

This book explores inclusion, the “I” in the increasingly popular acronym, DEI. In David Moinina Sengeh’s personal and professional anecdotes we can see the possibility for true inclusion in organizations and communities. His coalition’s struggle for pregnant students' education in Sierra Leone is evidence that progress toward inclusion is possible today. I enjoyed this book and I’d recommend it for anyone interested in social inclusion and/or shifting cultural beliefs.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for this ALC!

This is a book that is important to read - not just because it addresses the issue of making sure that girls have access to education but because the way Sengeh goes about fostering the change he wanted to see in the world. In our current world where those with a different viewpoint than ourselves are often cast as evil and an existential threat to “your side” - Sengeh offers a different approach. The opposition that Sengeh faced in his mission to lift the ban on pregnant girls attending school in Sierra Leone was as fierce and ingrained as any cultural issue I can think of, so the way Sengeh goes about collecting information and changing minds is something we need to pay attention to so we can use these lessons. In a world filled with so much rage over social issues, this book was refreshing.
Thank you to Netgalley for this advanced copy to review.