Mastering Diversity

If we remain contained within the walls of our own lived experiences, to the exclusion of an understanding of that of others, we run the risk of falling short of the mark and making peace with mediocrity. In this book, Bernie shares her journey into understanding the many facets of diversity within a community, entrepreneurial and global context. It is her belief that the solution to the Diversity, Equity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging conundrum, is the changing of hearts and minds. Bernie unpacks the challenges, shares how to gain clarity, how to understand our power and our privilege. This book simplifies how to responsibly engage in deliberate diversity, one encounter at a time, by giving practical insights and tools. Bernie's honest account about her lived experiences, hard lessons she has learnt along with case studies, is very thought provoking. She focuses on Groupthink, Information Bubbles, Unconscious Bias, Cognitive Diversity and the protected Diversity and Inclusion characteristics. Bernie deep dives into Allyship- what it means, the Allyship framework, understanding our privilege, power and responsibility. Her research and cased studies are Wales centric as this is where Bernie has gained most of her lived experience and definitely her expertise in Diversity and Inclusion. Bernie urges you to make this book your working DEI companion as we learn together, how best to master diversity!