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Short, practical writing on culture, identity, and belonging at work, and what the signals there point to.

An abstract black-and-white image split down the middle, with flowing wave-like textures and columns of binary code, 0s and 1s, meeting at the center. A panel reads “The Illusion of Binary Thinking: Transgender Bans, Mixed-Race Erasure, and the Pitfalls of Arrested Development.”

An abstract black-and-white image split down the middle, with flowing wave-like textures and columns of binary code, 0s and 1s, meeting at the center. A panel reads “The Illusion of Binary Thinking: Transgender Bans, Mixed-Race Erasure, and the Pitfalls of Arrested Development.”

The illusion of binary thinking: Transgender bans, mixed-race erasure, and the pitfalls of arrested development

From the transgender military ban to the old “pick one race” census box, the same outdated mental maps keep showing up. You don’t get to erase someone’s identity just because you don’t understand it.

Feb 28, 2025

The Culture Crucible helps organizations recognize the hidden signals shaping belonging, credibility, and collaboration at work.

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Mixed Signals by Dr. Shawna M. Gann, shown in hardcover and ebook

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