Tara Robertson Consulting Tara Robertson Consulting Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Distributing DEI Work Across the Organization I enjoyed being a guest on Seed&Spark‘s first monthly office hours session where Stefanie Monge, Lara McLeod and I talked about distributing diversity, equity and inclusion work across organizations. Here’s some of the work that I mentioned: Megan Carpenter’s Get It Wrong For Me: What I Need From Allies Amy Edmondson on psychological safety Roxane … Continue reading "Distributing DEI Work Across the Organization" The post Distributing DEI Work Across the Organization appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Diversity, Astrology and Inclusion: not a valid approach Edit: Thanks Tim Smith for letting me know the ChartHop website now shows that this is all an April Fools’ day prank. I fell for it. Kudos to the commitment to write a 13 page fake report and for your social team’s convincing response. I first learned about ChartHop’s Charting Better Galaxies product on Dr. … Continue reading "Diversity, Astrology and Inclusion: not a valid approach" The post Diversity, Astrology and Inclusion: not a valid approach appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. StatsCan’s COVID impact report: same storm, different boats Many people have said that while we’ve all been in the same storm with COVID, we’ve been in our own boats. People have had very different experiences during the past year, based on their gender, race, geographic location and more. Today Statistics Canada released a report about the social and economic impacts of COVID, which … Continue reading "StatsCan’s COVID impact report: same storm, different boats" The post StatsCan’s COVID impact report: same storm, different boats appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Activism Outside and Inside the Institution The recording for the talk I did for Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Digital Pedagogy Webinar Series is up. Here’s the video and the slides. I submitted the title and abstract 6 months ago and as I wrote the talk I realized that the dichotomy of inside/outside is much messier than the title suggests. It’s a false … Continue reading "Activism Outside and Inside the Institution" The post Activism Outside and Inside the Institution appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Diversity, equity and inclusion core competencies: Get cross functional projects done (Part 5 of 5) This is the last post in a weeklong series exploring DEI professional competencies. Again, I believe the five key competencies for DEI professionals are: be strategic translate academic research into action and measure the impact of initiatives meet people where they are at and help them move to be more inclusive  influence others get cross … Continue reading "Diversity, equity and inclusion core competencies: Get cross functional projects done (Part 5 of 5)" The post Diversity, equity and inclusion core competencies: Get cross functional projects done (Part 5 of 5) appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Diversity, equity and inclusion core competencies: Influence others (Part 4 of 5) This is the fourth post in a week-long series exploring DEI professional competencies. I believe the five key competencies for DEI professionals are: be strategic translate academic research into action and measure the impact of initiatives meet people where they are at and help them move to be more inclusive  influence others get cross functional … Continue reading "Diversity, equity and inclusion core competencies: Influence others (Part 4 of 5)" The post Diversity, equity and inclusion core competencies: Influence others (Part 4 of 5) appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Core competencies in DEI: meet people where they are at and help them move to be more inclusive (Part 3 of 5) This is the third post in a week-long series exploring DEI professional competencies. I believe the five key competencies for DEI professionals are: be strategic translate academic research into action and measure the impact of initiatives meet people where they are at and help them move to be more inclusive  influence others get cross functional … Continue reading "Core competencies in DEI: meet people where they are at and help them move to be more inclusive (Part 3 of 5)" The post Core competencies in DEI: meet people where they are at and help them move to be more inclusive (Part 3 of 5) appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Core competencies in DEI: Translate academic research to action and measure impact of initiatives (Part 2 of 5) This is the second post in a week-long series exploring DEI professional competencies. I believe the five key competencies for DEI professionals are: be strategic translate academic research into action and measure the impact of initiatives meet people where they are at and help them move to be more inclusive  influence others get cross functional … Continue reading "Core competencies in DEI: Translate academic research to action and measure impact of initiatives (Part 2 of 5)" The post Core competencies in DEI: Translate academic research to action and measure impact of initiatives (Part 2 of 5) appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Core competencies in DEI – Be strategic (Part 1 of 5)     Three and a half years ago I changed careers from being an academic librarian who did diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work in the library technology community to a full time job as a DEI professional in the tech sector. Many people have reached out to see if I’d be willing to have … Continue reading "Core competencies in DEI – Be strategic (Part 1 of 5)" The post Core competencies in DEI – Be strategic (Part 1 of 5) appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting. Living Corporate podcast: The Role of Data in Diversity & Inclusion I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Living Corporate podcast. I really enjoyed the conversation I had with Zach Nunn and love the work that Living Corporate is doing to center and amplify Black and brown people at work. At the end of the conversation Zach asked what three things executives should … Continue reading "Living Corporate podcast: The Role of Data in Diversity & Inclusion" The post Living Corporate podcast: The Role of Data in Diversity & Inclusion appeared first on Tara Robertson Consulting.