Organizational Optimization

A Gemisode™ Series – Part II In part I, we presented the concepts and definitions central to the series, specifically, intersectionality and psychological safety. We then connected the concepts and highlighted the researched benefits (e.g., increased team performance, retention, and effective communication) of psychological safety in the workplace before sharing our belief around why psychological […]

A Gemisode™ Series – Part I Could one ever feel safe in an environment that refused to acknowledge their intersectional identities and experiences? Simply put—nope. Intersectionality, as coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, is defined as: “A lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. It’s not […]

A Gemisode™ Series – Part I “Do or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda  In the more than 40 years since Yoda first uttered those words in The Empire Strikes Back, they still hold true today—we either commit to AJEDI-B™  Mastery, or we don’t.   Recently, we heard an organization proudly state, “We have a […]

What’s woke-fishing you ask? Well, according to Serna Smith of VICE, who coined the term, woke-fishing is when people, “masquerade as holding progressive political views to ensnare potential partners.” Whew, that’s a word and a spicy one too!  Just like in dating, many organizations, e.g. the ones who all too eagerly put up black squares, […]