We must proactively create an environment where people from all backgrounds feel welcome and are given the trust they need to feel comfortable and the support they need to grow. This isn’t a platitude. It’s a process, a practice, and a promise. To get to a place where diversity isn’t a goal, but part of the very fabric of our organization.

Autonomous teams are becoming increasingly prevalent in our culture, with 81% of the Fortune 1000 deploying some form of a “self-directed” team model in parts of their organization. As Dan Pink writes in his book Drive, autonomy is one of the key contributors to individual motivation.