The Conflict Intelligent Leader: 5 Strategies for Effective Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
As a leader, you have a responsibility to foster healthy conflict resolution and create a productive workplace. Effectively resolving disputes as they arise not only protects employee well-being—it also strengthens your organization’s financial health. Conflict at work is inevitable. Whether it stems from miscommunication, competing priorities, or personality differences, tension in the workplace isn’t a […]
A Coaching Culture: 5 Skills Leaders Need to Transform Workplace Culture
Do you believe you or your team have more potential than what’s being shown at work? If yes, what’s the cost of not tapping into that potential more often? For most, it means a lot of time and money going to waste. That’s a big problem (on many fronts) and coaching is one of the […]
Feedback: The Culture-Building Skill Leaders Need Most
If we want high performing cultures that are innovative, accountable, and inclusive, we need leaders who treat feedback not as a task, but as a practice. Leadership today isn’t about following a rigid playbook, it’s about navigating complexity with adaptability, empathy, and cultural awareness. In a world of accelerating change and growing diversity, effective leadership […]
AI, Equity & the Risk of Getting it Wrong: Who Designs the Future?
When Wyle Baoween, CEO, Inclusivity & Co-Founder, VitalAI was invited to speak at a federal government conference about AI and social equity, one question stood out: How do we make sense of this moment? A year ago, many of us viewed AI with skepticism, unsure whether it was real, useful, or dangerous. Now, we’re holding […]
The Learning Culture Advantage
Inclusion and performance don’t happen by accident—they emerge from a culture of continuous learning. As workplaces grow more diverse and dynamic, building learning pathways that foster both inclusion and high performance has never been more important.
How to Navigate Differences in Politically Charged Times
Tough times reveal what kind of culture we really have. Here’s how to build trust—not tension. We’re living in an age where politics, identity, and global events are part of everyday life—and yes, that includes the workplace. From elections to social movements, your team isn’t just bringing their skillsets to work—they’re bringing their whole selves, too. Their […]
Five Ways Social Impact Leaders Navigate Turbulent Times
In 2025, people working in the sphere of equity, environment, and social impact face new and evolving challenges. Many ideas that they assumed were common sense – such as the need to advance sustainability, equity, and inclusion and to create inclusive workplaces – are subjects of intense political debate. All their efforts face new scrutiny. […]
“Free Speech” or Hate Speech
Acting Together Against Residential School Denialism The current political climate in North America has created an atmosphere of leniency toward racist speech by public figures. Any reaction against this racism, then, is called an attack on free speech. It is in this political climate that leadership and public commitment to truth and reconciliation become increasingly […]
How the Anti-DEI Movement Mastered Fear—And How We Can Fight Back
How the Anti-DEI Movement Mastered Fear—And How We Can Fight Back By Wyle Baoween, CEO, Inclusivity It’s nothing short of fascinating: the sheer effectiveness of the anti-DEI movement in convincing people—even those from marginalized communities—that social equity is somehow a threat to them. Over the past few years, right-wing politicians, media figures, and influencers have […]
Walmart Rolls Back DEI: Navigating Today’s Social and Political Climate
With the attack on all the social and environmental progress we have made, do we abandon the work or stand firm? Recently, one of the world’s largest companies caved to mounting political pressures and changed its whole approach to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). In recent months, WalMart has stopped using the term “DEI” altogether. […]
