Design systemic equity and inclusion into your organization. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) can be confusing for employers and employees alike. Approaches to workplace equity have been scattered and progress has stalled. US businesses spend $8 billion each year on trainings that don't work and actually backfire. The cycle of recruiting underrepresented employees, asking them to Lean In, and conducting diversity trainings misses a crucial understanding of the problem: It's not personal. It's systemic. Systemic inequities require systemic solutions, but there's been a lack of clarity around what works--what mechanics and processes catalyze progress toward workplace equity. In Inclusion, Inc: How to Design Intersectional Equity into the Workplace, internationally recognized DEI leader Sara Sanford identifies the cultural levers you can adjust to counter systemic barriers in your organization. Inclusion, Inc delivers an innovative and proven approach to organizational diversity. Instead of the mindset-first approach taken by many DEI programs, Sanford breaks down systemic barriers by offering a design-driven approach to organization-wide change. Readers will learn how to design workplace environments that counter the impact of bias to become truly merit-based. Sanford acknowledges that we all have bias but does not instruct individuals to just try harder to prevent themselves from being influenced by it. Instead, she shifts the challenge from the employee to be better to the organization, to do better, and provides concrete steps and cost-effective solutions that businesses can use to meet it. Inclusion, Inc offers a trim tab approach: simple, purposeful redesigns that businesses can adopt immediately to become equity-centered, better serving employees, consumers, and society. These sustainable and cost-effective solutions yield real, measurable returns, supported by data from thousands of surveys, interviews with executive-level changemakers, case studies from GEN-certified organizations, and the latest in behavioral economics and design-centered thinking. This book provides clarity for anyone looking to understand the facets of a truly inclusive workplace. Perfect for business leaders, human resources and DEI professionals, and students of business, Inclusion, Inc will also prove invaluable to underrepresented employees and their allies seeking real, evidence-backed solutions to the dilemma they frequently face: assimilate, or leave.