If you knew how to improve the productivity of your team by up to 40%, would you do it? The research about what is required to boost team productivity and well-being is very clear, but the mindset and cultural barriers to achieving it are significant.

The dramatic scenes we have been watching as people protest about the death of George Floyd can, for those of us fortunate enough not to have personally experienced racism, seem a world apart from our own day-to-day work activities. Yet it brings into sharp focus the issue of bias, whether conscious or unconscious, and the urgent need to address it in the workplace and beyond. This article gives five ideas for small but practical contributions towards helping create a fairer and more inclusive society.