Your guide to microdosing your microaggressions
Two nights ago my phone woke me up with a blaring security alert -- *BLAAAAM* now any adult in the county can receive a COVID vaccine...
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
Rushing crushes progress and what to do instead.
As a recovering rusher, I feel you — a sense of urgency can be addictive. There are theories that our endocrine systems get calibrated to...
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
What is supremacist organizational culture?
My experience with culture change management is that of the fish in water--leading change isn’t a set of tips, it’s a state of being....
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Your organization’s culture is a reflection of you.
Surprise! What we in the US think of as great People & Culture practices for our organizations is just a matter of perspective. How can...
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 16, 2021
- 3 min
What on Earth is the Future of Work, Anyways?
OK, let me put down my immersive VR suit and turn off my hollopad for this one... But seriously, other than a super flashy thing to say,...
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
Are you the leader you think you are?
I’m really excited about 2 classes I’m designing--one called “Race, Ethnicity, and Business,” the other called “Methods for Making and...
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
How do we make race and ethnicity work at work?
Folks, there’s a new sheriff in town. AB 979 passed in CA last year, mandating that all public companies have at least 1 woman and/or...
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
To Easter or Not to Easter. What’s real belonging and what’s just the tip of the bunny ear
Rabbits taught me a lot this week. I was out for one of my favorite hikes and so many adorable bunnies hopped across my path that I half...
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Sara Murdock
- Apr 2, 2021
- 3 min
Company Policy vs. Policing at Work
This is a mercifully short article for such a poignant topic. Even though hiring women and including women in places of business involves...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 30, 2021
- 5 min
A micro history of allyship and the future of solidarity
My ally is not the one who goes to war for me, but the one who sees that the war is ours, a fiction, a story that we create together, and...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 26, 2021
- 5 min
We have to talk about sex if we’re going to be anti-white supremacy. And why this matters at work,
This is not a fun article to write. As much as the title might sound click bait-ish, frankly, this topic made me lose my appetite. But...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 23, 2021
- 4 min
What’s the Model Minority Myth got to do with Asian-American xenophobia… and fruit salad?
Do you know how many types of apples exist? Apparently, it’s estimated anywhere from 7,000 to 30,000. No, I didn’t mistype and add a...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
What you need to know about discussing white supremacist domestic terrorism
When can you talk about politics at work? When is something a joke and when is it a microaggression? When is political dissent free...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
What does a princess look like? And why companies should care.
As the world reels from Oprah’s interview with Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex last week, many of us are both grossed out and...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
A break from what’s broken and a toast to what works
The DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) field can get very heavy. After all, it’s crucial to see what’s going wrong so we...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 9, 2021
- 6 min
The link between the Business Case for Diversity and COVID
Whether you love it or hate it, the Business Case for Diversity is a popular topic right now. I’ll divulge my own take on the idea at the...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 4, 2021
- 5 min
New business partnership--your dream team or a brand killer?
At long last, you’re ready to sign an MOU with a company you’ve been dying to partner with for ages. Like scoring a date with your middle...
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Sara Murdock
- Mar 2, 2021
- 9 min
So you’re not a white Supremacist…
I joke that I’m a “recovering” academic because I see how the language that many academics use — including myself, at times — isn’t...
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Sara Murdock
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
Psychological Safety vs. Inclusion
I recently spoke with an executive who’s grappling with how to interpret some employee feedback. How could their employees experience...
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Sara Murdock
- Feb 23, 2021
- 5 min
Immigrants vs students and lies about a lazy workforce
I’ve had more meetings than I can count with hiring managers, VPs of people, Deans, and college Presidents about why emerging...
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