Our collective experiences over the past several years have made us more conscious to the conditions of our multiple realities than in many of our lifetimes. Whereas general critiques of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and ableism were often relegated to conversations among historically excluded communities across identity and class, our…

Observations from Post Growth Fellow and Organizational Justice Practitioner, Farzin Farzad. — Recently, Natalie Holmes wrote about her experience with the Post Growth Institute, and even as a Fellow, who’s spent only a few months engaging with the organization so far, I feel her words reverberate in my own experience with the Post Growth Fellowship. I’ve spent some of the Fellowship meetings…

As an Organizational Justice Practitioner, one of my core duties is to encourage organizational power brokers, or leaders, to develop affirming spaces where employees are included in various elements of the workplace lifecycle. Inclusion has somewhat morphed into a type of industry itself, encompassing various concepts (psychological safety, anti-racism, appreciative…

Four New Leadership Styles for 2023 — A lot models of effective leadership that we consume from the leadership industry do little more than apply concepts that were defined generations ago, and fitting them into modernity. There is often little said in our conceptualization of leadership that wasn’t in fact said centuries ago. So a question arises…

The image of the hero capitalist, made famous by Benito Mussolini, is in peril. The façade around Elon Musk’s genius has come crashing down, Jordan Petersen can’t stop crying, and Andrew Tate is in jail. The idolatry of powerful men, captains of industry, stalwarts of the capitalist order, is facing…

How the Structures and Values of European (White) Cultural Supremacy Replicate in Our Home Countries — by Farzin Farzad There has been a profound shift in how systems of oppression present themselves. If you’re on the receiving end of this form of oppression, it may be something you recognize easily, something palpable to you. But if you’re from a dominant culture in your home country, you…

A few thoughts on doing deep structural change — Social and organizational justice work can feel lonely, isolating, and even soul-crushing at times — and I feel that it is designed to be that way — but know that you are not alone in your sentiments. While there are a seemingly endless number of consultants that will do a…

Originally published in The Inclusion Solution In our fast-paced hyper-capitalist culture, we have been conditioned to continually seek ways to maintain motivation at work. But juggling the numerous and often labor-intensive projects we’re tasked with, we are constantly at risk of burnout, both individually and organizationally. And often, since our…

Your favorite Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioners are exhausted. In addition to the field being extremely labor intensive and grueling, it requires one to take the compendium of human tragedy, package it, commodify it, and try to sell it as a “case” for why it’s important, why we should…