A couple of weeks into the new year, it’s easy to push forward, past the holiday season, without spending some time reflecting on how inclusive it was for your team and work colleagues.

In fact, it’s likely the only moments you’ve spent thinking about this past holiday season involve the new gadgets and goodies you received from loved ones, the loungewear set you gifted yourself during a cold night of online shopping, or the plans you made to make sure 2021 is a better, more productive year than the difficult one we all just endured – certainly, 2021 has to be better than 2020, right?

You’ve probably heard this before: “Diversity is important because it leads to innovation.”

And this is true.

Research shows that diverse organizations are more likely to file a higher number of patents. They’re more likely to report a growth in market share. They’re more likely to report capturing a new market, and they’re likely to see higher returns on their R&D investments.