Creative Equal’s Recommended Reading List
Race and Racism
Why I’m not longer talking to white people about race.
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Brit(ish). On race, identity and belonging.
Afua Hirsch
This will be my undoing.
Morgan Jerkins
The Good Immigrant
curated by Nikesh Shukula
How to be an antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
White Fragility; why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism
Robin Diangelo
How to be less stupid about Race
Crystal M. Fleming
The Memo; what women of color need to know to secure a seat at the table
Minda Harts
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire.
Akala
So you want to talk about race
Ijeoma Oluo
The Clapback: Your Guide to Calling out Racist Stereotypes
Elijah Lawal
The Power of Privilege: How white people can challenge racism
June Sarpong
The Good Ally
Nova Reid
Is racism at work a challenge for your organisation?
We have a series of interactive workshops designed to educate and elevate away from racist behaviours in the workplace. Our Inclusive behaviour or our anti-harassment & discrimination workshops might help. Our Cross Cultural Awareness workshop is particularly popular. We also have an effective Action on Bias training for uncovering unconscious bias.
Or consider an Equality Standard Audit - it provides insight into the drivers, experiences and levers employees have at their place of work. Diversity is an important component, and can drive culture. Our Equality Standard can help you audit your company culture so you can make lasting change.
Unconscious Bias
Messengers; Who we listen to, who we don’t and why
Stephen Martin and Joesph Marks
Blindspot. Hidden Biases of Good People
Mahzarin R Banaji and Anthony Greenwald
Sway; Unravelling Unconscious Bias
Pragya Agarwal
The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias
Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy and Anne Chow
Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives
Howard J. Ross
Biased
Jennifer Eberhardt
Overcoming Bias: Building authentic relationships across differences
Tiffany Jana
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell
Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good
Joan C. Williams
Intuition: Its Powers and Perils
David Myers
Unconscious bias training doesn’t work, not unless it’s personal. If you’re looking to improve bias in your organisation, our interactive Action on Bias workshop works through bias and where it shows up in yourself, your institution and the ‘system’.
Get in touch to book our Action on Bias workshop.
Gender + Sexism
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Perez
Life Isn’t Binary
Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker
Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us
C. N. Lester
Work Like a Woman: A manifesto for change
Mary Portas
That’s what she said: what women and men need to know about working together
Joanne Lipman
We should all be feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit
Everyday Sexism
Laura Bates
What Works; Gender Equality by Design
Iris Bohnet
Laura Bates
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
Travis Alabanza
Misogynation: The True Scale of Sexism
Laura Bates
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Inclusion in the Workplace
Sarah Gibson and J. Fernandez
Roxanne Gay
Leadership + Management
Inclusive Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Developing and Executing an Impactful Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Charlotte Sweeny and Fleur Bothwick
Managing Diversity and Inclusion: An International Perspective
Jawad Syed and Mustafa F. Özbilgin
How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive
Jennifer Brown
Radical Candor: How to be a great boss without losing your humanity
Kim Scott
Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You
Francis Frei and Ann Morriss
Inclusive leaders are future ready, looking to harness the powers of difference from within their teams. We arm them with the know-how to elevate different voices from within their teams and grow an inclusive culture.
If you’d like to grow your management team into inclusive, effective leaders, we can help.
Building a diverse and inclusive company culture
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
Daniel Coyle
The Inclusion Imperative: How Real Inclusion Creates Better Business and Builds Better Societies
Stephen Frost
Belonging at Work: Everyday Actions You Can Take to Cultivate an Inclusive Organization
Rhodes Perry
Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change
Jennifer Brown
Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity & Inclusion Pays Off
Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan
Building an Inclusive Organization: Leveraging the Power of a Diverse Workforce
Raafi-Karim Alidina and Stephen Frost
Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril
Margaret Heffernan
Work Rules: Insights from inside google that will transform how you live and lead
Laszlo Bock
An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization
Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work
Laura Liswood
Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization
Lisa Laskow Lahey and Robert Kegan
Diversify: Six degrees of integration
June Sarpong
The multiplier effect of inclusion: how diversity and inclusion advances innovation and drives growth
Tony Byers
Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging across Differences
Mary-Frances Winters
Inclusify: The power of uniqueness and belonging to build innovative teams
Stefanie K. Johnson
Demystifying Diversity: A handbook to navigate equality, diversity and inclusion
G. Yafai and Jiten Patel
Humanity at Work: Diversity, Inclusion, and Wellbeing in an Increasingly Distributed Workforce
Anjali Bindra Patel
Belonging: The Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusion and Equality at Work
Kathryn Jacob, Sue Unerman and Mark Edwards
Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions
Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran
Breaking the Silence Habit: A Practical Guide to Uncomfortable Conversations in the #MeToo Workplace
Sarah Beaulieu
The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy
Scott E. Page
Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures
Erin Meyer
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking
Matthew Syed
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters
Kate Murphy
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink
Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars
Irshad Manji
Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces
Karen Caitlin
Did that Just Happen? Beyond Diversity - Creating Sustainable and Inclusive Organisations
Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Dr Lauran Wadsworth
Sustain High Performance With Psychological Safety
Kenneth Nowack
Age, Disability, Neurodiversity and Mental Health
This Chair Rocks: A manifesto against ageism
Ashton Applewhite
Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Employers and Employees
Gill Hasson and Donna Butler
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
Jenara Nerenberg
Laughing at My Nightmare: Living life as a twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy
Shane Burcaw
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me
Keah Brown
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently
Steve Silberman
I'm Only In It for the Parking: Life and laughter from the priority seats
Lee Ridley
Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People
Alice Wong
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
Johann Hari
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
Elif Shafak
Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health
Steve Ellen and Catherine Deveny
Porochista Khakpour
Ariel Henley
Selected Writings by Marta Russell
Inequality in Data/Tech
Algorithms of Oppression: How search engines reinforce racism
Safiya Umoja Noble
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms and other threats of toxic tech
Sara Wachter-Boestcher
Weapons of Math Distruction: How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy
Cathy O’Neil
The Adventures of Women in Tech: How we got here and why we stay
Alana Karen
Women of Color in Tech: A blueprint for inspiring and mentoring the next generation of technology innovators
Susanna Tedrick
Technical Difficulties: Why dyslexic narratives matter in tech
Jeanette Washington
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