Forget the Trust Falls! How About Transparency? - SARN Minis #85 Transcript
Hi, I'm Sharon Hurley Hall. Welcome to the Sharon's Anti-Racism Newsletter podcast, SARN Minis.
So, here's the thing. There's no point in investing in "allyship workshops" and "creating safe spaces" if there's no transparency around pay equity, promotion criteria, who makes decisions, and what happens to people who report racism and discrimination.
For many organisations, workshops are checkbox exercises meant to show that they have 'done diversity'. But all the trust falls in the world at your team building day won't mitigate against lack of transparency and accountability.
Because in many organisations, that opacity isn't an anomaly. It's a feature that protects the existing power structures. It lets leaders offer promotion based on socialising outside the workplace rather than the work employees do within it. It means your DEI commitment exists on paper rather than in practice, if it exists at all.
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