To be different in a homogenous environment can require wearing an “invisible jacket” – heavy, clunky and uncomfortable. You hide your true self in order to fit in, you code-switch to be accepted and not experience bias, and you return home at the end of the day exhausted from faking it to make it. This requirement is changing, as it should! But the change is a journey, and it takes all of us taking it one step forward at a time. Implementing DEI initiatives in the workplace helps increase creativity, attract talent and help with the bottom line by ensuring that everyone – everyone – feels safe, supported and like they belong. The ultimate goal of inclusion is allowing us to remove that invisible jacket and be seen for everything we are.