The first week was about noticing. The next three weeks are about doing — one small, consistent action per week. Use the week selector below to navigate.
This week is about using the language from the workshop in real situations — not perfectly, but consistently.
Corner One
This week's focus: redistribute one task
Identify one piece of cultural or emotional labour you have been carrying that belongs to the room, not to you. A committee. An explanation. A translation. This week: name it to someone who has the power to redistribute it. You do not have to demand a solution. Just name it. "I have been carrying [X]. I want to flag that this is not in my job description."
This week's script
"I want to flag something. I have been doing [X] without it being formally recognised or compensated. I would like to discuss what appropriate support looks like."
Reflection prompt
At the end of this week: did you name it? What happened when you did — or what stopped you from trying?
Corner Two
This week's focus: do the reading before asking
This week, every time you have a question about culture, equity, or inclusion that you would normally ask a colleague — search for the answer yourself first. Thirty minutes of research before any ask. Track how many questions you answer yourself. That number is your competence score for the week.
This week's script
"Before I ask — I want to let you know I have already read [X] and looked at [Y]. I am stuck on one specific point. Do you have five minutes?"
Reflection prompt
How many questions did you answer yourself this week? What did you learn that surprised you?
Corner Three
This week's focus: credit the idea to the person who had it
This week, every time someone's idea gets picked up in a meeting, name the person it came from — even if others have moved past it. "I want to go back to what [Name] said earlier." This one habit, practised consistently, changes the room more than almost anything else.
This week's script
"Before we move on — I want to go back to what [Name] said. I don't think we fully engaged with it."
Reflection prompt
How many times did you use attribution this week? What was the response when you did?
Corner Four
This week's focus: choose when you bridge
This week, notice every time you are acting as a bridge between two groups. At least once, choose not to. Let the gap exist. See what happens. You are not abandoning anyone — you are protecting yourself from the cost of always being the one who closes the distance.
This week's script
"I'm not going to be the one to bridge this gap today. I think that's work for [the group / the organisation / this room] to do."
Reflection prompt
What happened when you chose not to bridge? What did you feel? What did the room do?
Week 3 — Staying in the room
Week three is often when the energy from the workshop fades. This week is about returning to the practice even when it is not easy.
Corner One
This week's focus: rest without apologising for it
This week: take one full evening or morning completely off. No work, no volunteer labour, no emotional labour for others. When someone notices or questions it, do not apologise. Do not explain. You are allowed to rest. That sentence — said or unsaid — is your practice this week.
If asked why you are not available
"I am resting. I will be back [day/time]."
Reflection prompt
How did it feel to rest without explaining it? What came up?
Corner Two
This week's focus: show up imperfectly
This week, do one thing in the inclusion/equity space even though you are not sure you will get it right. Speak up in a meeting. Send an email. Say something. The doing — imperfectly — is the practice. The freeze is what you are working against.
Before you speak or act
"I may not get this right. I am going to try anyway. If I miss something, please tell me."
Reflection prompt
What did you do? How did it land? What did you learn from doing it imperfectly?
Corner Three
This week's focus: ask instead of assuming
This week, when you are unsure about something in the equity/culture space — instead of assuming it is fine, ask. Not a Corner One colleague — do the reading first. Ask the organisation. Ask the structure. "Who decided this? What data was this based on? Who wasn't in the room when this was decided?"
A question worth asking this week
"I want to understand how this decision was made. Who was consulted? Who wasn't?"
Reflection prompt
What did you ask? What did the answer reveal?
Corner Four
This week's focus: name your complexity once
This week, find one moment to name your position to someone in authority — a manager, a committee, a decision-maker. Not a complaint. A map. "I hold [X] and [Y] simultaneously. I want to flag that my position is more complex than the categories this organisation uses."
This week's script
"I want to name something. The way this organisation categorises identity doesn't quite fit my experience. I hold [X] and [Y] at the same time. That creates a specific kind of complexity that I'd like to be visible."
Reflection prompt
Did you say it? What was the response? What did it cost — and what did it give you?
Week 4 — Before the Day 30 survey
Next week you'll complete the Day 30 survey — the pre/post comparison that generates the evidence. This week is about preparing for it honestly.
Corner One
This week's focus: take stock
Before the Day 30 survey, think honestly: what has actually changed? Not what you hoped would change — what has? Even one small thing. A moment where you used your script and it worked. A task you said no to. A rest you took without guilt. Write it down. That is your evidence.
Reflection prompt
What is one concrete thing that is different after four weeks? One moment, one shift, one habit that wasn't there before the workshop.
Corner Two
This week's focus: measure your competence
Think about the questions you have had over the past four weeks about culture, equity, and inclusion. How many did you answer yourself? How many did you ask for help with — and how? Has the ratio changed since Week 1? Write down one thing you now know that you did not know before the workshop.
Reflection prompt
Name one piece of knowledge you built independently over the past four weeks. How did you build it? What will you do with it?
Corner Three
This week's focus: name what you see differently
Before the Day 30 survey, think about the pattern audit you did in Week 1. Go back to your most regular meeting. Has anything changed in how you notice the room? In how you participate? Even if nothing in the room has changed — has anything in your attention changed?
Reflection prompt
What do you see in your team or meetings now that you didn't see four weeks ago? One specific, concrete thing.
Corner Four
This week's focus: locate yourself
Before the Day 30 survey, take stock of where you are. Is your position in the room clearer than it was four weeks ago? Do you have more language for it? Have you used that language with anyone? Even if nothing has changed externally — has anything shifted internally?
Reflection prompt
What is one thing you understand about your position now that you did not have words for four weeks ago?