Be Better Than Your BS

Be Better Than Your BS is a book on DEI in the workplace that speaks not only to executives but also to employees at all levels of a company. Authored by award-winning diversity consultant Risha Grant, it offers a direct and insightful examination of bias in the workplace.

Risha Grant, a seasoned DEI consultant and corporate speaker, introduces her practice of learning to welcome and embrace people's full humanity, without any BS. What's BS? It's certainly 'bullshit', but more specifically, it's the powerful and often invisible belief systems that shape our judgement and bias since birth. These systems affect not only our lives but also those of the many people we encounter daily.

Risha guides us through both the inner work and outer work required to dismantle our "biasphere," which transforms our self-perception and interactions with others. Recognising and addressing the biases inherent in our belief systems helps these biases dissipate, thereby improving our work environments.

Readers will learn how to:

• Recognise when your BS manifests as "isms" and phobias that follow you to work.
• Cure scarcity mentality, a damaging byproduct of fear.
• Validate other people's experiences.
• Become a real ally.
• Engage in micro efforts that can effect change on a macro level.
• Create an environment that fosters a sense of belonging for everybody; in other words, "get in where you fit in".
• Abolish groupthink and create space for diverse ideas.
• Design explicit feedback channels.
• Generate truly inclusive policies that people can trust.
• Spot and stop bullying (it doesn't always look the way you think it does).
• Understand that equality isn't equity; the difference leads to everyone getting what they need.