"We all believe in equality as long as it's equality with out superiors." - Patti Digh

"What are the rules we perpetuate about what should remain outside our awareness?" - Patti Digh

"The shortest distance between two people is your story." - Patti Digh

"Once I've heard your story, you become a 'who,' not a 'what.'" - Patti Digh

"Structures are metaphors for how we live in the world." - Patti Digh

"Language determines the experience in our body and the quality of our relationships." - David Robinson

"Regarding intentions - you can't play two at the same time!" - David Robinson (This comment was made in the context of someone trying to placate the CEO with tame solutions while trying to respond with substance to diversity as wicked problem.)

"In a very fast-paced product oriented environment, it's hard to find the spine of the play!" - Patti Digh

"The work of diversity is messy and chaotic - too often we try to 'fix' it with tame solutions that only perpetuate the problem. Many organizations avoid messiness even though it is the stuff that drives innovation, creativity and real lerning. And we too often focus on behavioral change...but in our experience, behavior - like water—follows the structure of the land. To really achieve change around inclusion issues, we need to look more at the 'structure of the land' in our organizations That, too, is sometimes messy." - Patti Digh

"If the real work of diversity and inclusion happens at the far edges of our comfort zone, how can we learn to step toward our discomfort when our impulses tell us to run away?" - Patti Digh and David Robinson