Creative Equal’s Recommended Reading List

Race and Racism

 
 
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Why I’m not longer talking to white people about race.

Reni Eddo-Lodge

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Brit(ish). On race, identity and belonging.

Afua Hirsch

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This will be my undoing.
Morgan Jerkins

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The Good Immigrant
curated by Nikesh Shukula

 
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How to be an antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

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White Fragility; why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism
Robin Diangelo

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How to be less stupid about Race

Crystal M. Fleming

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The Memo; what women of color need to know to secure a seat at the table
Minda Harts

 
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Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire.

Akala

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So you want to talk about race
Ijeoma Oluo

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The Clapback: Your Guide to Calling out Racist Stereotypes

Elijah Lawal

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The Power of Privilege: How white people can challenge racism

June Sarpong

 
 
 
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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

 
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Messengers; Who we listen to, who we don’t and why

Stephen Martin and Joesph Marks

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Blindspot. Hidden Biases of Good People

Mahzarin R Banaji and Anthony Greenwald

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Sway; Unravelling Unconscious Bias

Pragya Agarwal

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The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias

Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy and Anne Chow

 
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Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives
Howard J. Ross

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Biased
Jennifer Eberhardt

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Overcoming Bias: Building authentic relationships across differences

Tiffany Jana

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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell

 

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

 
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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Perez

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Life Isn’t Binary

Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us

C. N. Lester

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Work Like a Woman: A manifesto for change

Mary Portas

 
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That’s what she said: what women and men need to know about working together

Joanne Lipman

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We should all be feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

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Everyday Sexism

Laura Bates

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Leadership + Management

 
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Inclusive Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Developing and Executing an Impactful Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Charlotte Sweeny and Fleur Bothwick

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Managing Diversity and Inclusion: An International Perspective

Jawad Syed and Mustafa F. Özbilgin

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How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive
Jennifer Brown

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Radical Candor: How to be a great boss without losing your humanity
Kim Scott

 
 
 

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

 
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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

Daniel Coyle

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The Inclusion Imperative: How Real Inclusion Creates Better Business and Builds Better Societies

Stephen Frost

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Belonging at Work: Everyday Actions You Can Take to Cultivate an Inclusive Organization

Rhodes Perry

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Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change

Jennifer Brown

 
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Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity & Inclusion Pays Off

Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan

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Building an Inclusive Organization: Leveraging the Power of a Diverse Workforce

Raafi-Karim Alidina and Stephen Frost

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Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril

Margaret Heffernan

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Work Rules: Insights from inside google that will transform how you live and lead

Laszlo Bock

 
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An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization

Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

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The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work

Laura Liswood

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Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization

Lisa Laskow Lahey and Robert Kegan

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Diversify: Six degrees of integration

June Sarpong

 
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The multiplier effect of inclusion: how diversity and inclusion advances innovation and drives growth

Tony Byers

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Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging across Differences

Mary-Frances Winters

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Inclusify: The power of uniqueness and belonging to build innovative teams

Stefanie K. Johnson

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Demystifying Diversity: A handbook to navigate equality, diversity and inclusion

G. Yafai and Jiten Patel

 
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Humanity at Work: Diversity, Inclusion, and Wellbeing in an Increasingly Distributed Workforce


Anjali Bindra Patel

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Belonging: The Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusion and Equality at Work

Kathryn Jacob, Sue Unerman and Mark Edwards

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Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions

Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran

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Breaking the Silence Habit: A Practical Guide to Uncomfortable Conversations in the #MeToo Workplace

Sarah Beaulieu

 
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The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy

Scott E. Page

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Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures

Erin Meyer

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Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking

Matthew Syed

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

 
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You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters

Kate Murphy

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

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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

 
 

 

Age, Disability, Neurodiversity and Mental Health

 
 
 
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Laughing at My Nightmare: Living life as a twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy

Shane Burcaw

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The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me

Keah Brown

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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently

Steve Silberman

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I'm Only In It for the Parking: Life and laughter from the priority seats

Lee Ridley

 
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Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People

Alice Wong

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Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions

Johann Hari

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How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

Elif Shafak

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Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health

Steve Ellen and Catherine Deveny

 
 

Capitalism & Disability

Selected Writings by Marta Russell

 
 

 

Inequality in Data/Tech

 
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Algorithms of Oppression: How search engines reinforce racism

Safiya Umoja Noble

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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms and other threats of toxic tech

Sara Wachter-Boestcher

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Weapons of Math Distruction: How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy

Cathy O’Neil

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The Adventures of Women in Tech: How we got here and why we stay

Alana Karen

 
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Women of Color in Tech: A blueprint for inspiring and mentoring the next generation of technology innovators

Susanna Tedrick

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Technical Difficulties: Why dyslexic narratives matter in tech

Jeanette Washington

 

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