VIDEO: Author Errol Amerasekera introduces his book
The significance of the book
Addressing a critical need
The Antiracist Organisation: How to drive an inclusive and high-performance workplace culture by dismantling structural racism addresses a critical need for comprehensive resources to assist leaders in building antiracist organisations. While there is a growing awareness of the importance of inclusive and psychologically safe cultures, organisations are frequently not equipped with the nuanced understanding of these dynamics that enables them to grapple with the complexity of achieving these outcomes.
After deeply exploring the dynamics of structural racism, the book then offers practical solutions for organisations to move from passive inclusivity to active antiracism. What little work has been done so far relative to building antiracist organisations has been done primarily from a HR, policy and process perspective.
What differentiates The Antiracist Organisation: How to drive an inclusive and high-performance workplace culture by dismantling structural racism from other work on this subject is that it explicitly links antiracist initiatives to organisations gaining a competitive advantage by optimising performance.
Practical Insights and Actionable Strategies
Reading The Antiracist Organisation: How to drive an inclusive and high-performance workplace culture by dismantling structural racism is not a passive, intellectual experience.
At the end of each chapter, the author poses a set of reflection questions for the reader. These questions link the content of the chapter to the reader’s particular context and unique set of challenges. This creates an active relationship between the practical insights gained from each chapter and actionable strategies the reader can utilise in their role.
This is designed to assist organisational leaders foster genuine and lasting change, not only in terms of antiracism, but also in addressing the challenges of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) more broadly.