In recent years, many People and Culture leaders built meaningful DEI and belonging platforms, only to see the environment shift quickly under cultural backlash, policy change, and heightened political and legal scrutiny. For many organizations, this moment forced a reset: initiatives were constrained, restructured, paused, or absorbed into broader people and talent strategies.
This session offers a grounded, forward-looking conversation for senior HR leaders navigating what comes after the reset. Drawing on national strategy work across corporate and institutional settings, Dr. Damon A. Williams—Chief Catalyst of the Center for Strategic Leadership and Social Innovation and advisor to thousands of organizations—explores how leaders are recalibrating DEI and inclusion efforts, responding to immigration and workforce disruption, protecting organizational trust, and advancing core values without exhausting themselves or their teams. This is not a call to return to the past, but a practical guide to leading with clarity, care, and strategic readiness for what comes next.
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