We envision a future in which globally-minded leaders embrace diversity, pursue equity, and build inclusive cultures

​Here is a shortlist of texts we periodically update that might be helpful in learning about developing CI.

We encourage your reading of authors from historically excluded communities and cultures to engage a well-rounded perspective of history, as well as in personal and professional experiences and strategy. 

Note: CITC has no affiliation with these texts or authors

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CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE ​

• Bhatti-Klug, R.R.: Increasing Cultural Responsiveness Among University Faculty through Cultural Intelligence Training

• Earley, P., & Ang, S. Cultural intelligence: Individual interactions across cultures

 

CULTURE & IDENTITY 

• Allport, Gordon. The Nature of Prejudice 

• Anderson, Carol. White Rage and One Person, No Vote

• Benjamin, Ruha. Viral Justice and Imagination: A Manifesto

• hooks, bell. All books on race, gender, and education

• Kendi, Ibram X. How to Be An Antiracist, Stamped from the Beginning, and 400 Souls  

• Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race

• Singh, Annalese. The Racial Healing Handbook

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE​

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• Brackett, Marc. Permission to Feel

• Brown, Brene. Atlas of the Heart 

• Caruso, David & Salovey, Peter. The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership

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ENNEAGRAM

• Agorom, Chichi. The Enneagram for Black Liberation 

• Egerton, Deborah. Know Justice Know Peace

• Lubbe, Jerome. The Brain-Based Enneagram

 

LIVED EXPERIENCES

• Brown, Austin Channing. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness 

• Burke, Tarana. Unbound

• Harjo, Joy. Crazy Brave. 

• X, Malcolm. The Autobiography​

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY VIA DEIB

• Auger-Dominguez, Daisy. Inclusion Revolution

• Chugh, Dolly. The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias and The Person You Mean to Be

• Frank, Tara Jaye. The Waymakers 

• Kim, Michelle Mijung. The Wake Up

• Perry, Rhodes. Imagine Belonging and Belonging at Work

• Tulshyan (Malhotra), Ruchika. Inclusion on Purpose 

• Zheng, Lily. DEI Deconstructed & DEI Reconstructed