I have recently created a new category, “Inclusion and Diversity (I&D),” in our Design Team Fortnight meetings. This will give time in our discussions to share and learn about I&D efforts, initiatives, and professional development. I&D has always been part of our work, but we are doing more explicitly to incorporate I&D best practices and strategies into our design approaches.
In a similar effort, I am going to propose that we also create a new category for I&D in our weekly office meetings. This will give our team the opportunity to voice office-wide (or greater) projects and initiatives related to I&D. I think it will be very important to recognize our questions, strengths, shortcomings, and opportunities in a formal way so that we can improve.