NLT

• companion exercise to finding you why, understanding what everyone brings to the table

• This process designed to be done on pairs, but can be done solo where each staff member serves as their own partner.

• I'd recommend incorporating into 1:1s rather than partnering staff together

• Aligns with concepts covered in 2026's quarterly topics

• how anyone can contribute to building a psychologically safe workplace

• one-pager explaining impact of bias on workplace
• describes different types of biases
• tips to mitigate

• what works & doesn't work for interrupting bias

• intention = finding your "why"

• sample talking points and stages of responding to microaggression
• I love the point it makes about responding isn't like a sitcom

• definitions, possible responses, associated emotions

• clear & concise

• helps participants practice intentional empathy by viewing a situation from someone else’s perspective and diving deeper into what they are thinking and feeling.

• examples of SAEs
• tips on avoiding them
• individual and group reflection prompts
• skill building actions to try

• part narrative, part guided reflection
• path to offering grace
• framing tool
• conflict resolution tool [for example, during an argument: “This person really believes that they’re right” becomes “This person really believes that they’re right, just like me.”]

• part narrative, part guided reflection
• touches on allyship/upstanding

• progressives committing microaggressions
• example 3 = othering & benevolence bias
• possible discussion about thoughts/feelings of writer's experience

• possible discussion about thoughts/feelings of writer's experience *experiencing microaggressions

*Active Bystander *Call in/call out *Committing a Microaggression *can be adapted to a variety of formats: team discussion, peer sharing, 1:1

• Brief, often humorous, explainers on a variety of DEI topics.

• FYI this link includes playlists beyond the Decoded series