Diversity Advent Calendar 2025

The holiday season is a time for reflection, connection, and celebration. Amid twinkling lights and festive cheer, it’s the perfect moment to recognize the true gift of our shared humanity: inclusion.

This year, WE SHAPE TECH’s Diversity Advent Calendar 2025 invites you to explore a world of perspectives and experiences that make our communities richer and more vibrant. Each day reveals a new tip, thought, or gentle nudge to encourage inclusive thinking – reminding us that diversity isn’t just for the holidays, but a practice for every day of the year.

Open each door with curiosity, empathy, and an open heart. Together, we can honor every voice, celebrate every story, and strengthen the bonds that unite us.

Here’s to a holiday season filled with learning, connection, and the joy of belonging – where every day is a chance to shape a more inclusive world.

Advent Calendar 2025

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Amplify Diverse Voices: Make a habit of elevating underrepresented voices in meetings and projects

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Acknowledge someone who has helped create a more inclusive space at work. Small gestures of appreciation matter.

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Get ready to finalize your New Year’s resolution: How will you contribute to diversity in 2026?

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Everyone approaches work differently, some thrive on collaboration, others on independent focus. Take the time to understand how your colleagues prefer to communicate, receive feedback, and contribute.

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Take a moment to connect with your team and ask how they feel valued and recognized. Ensuring everyone feels seen and heard helps build a sense of belonging.

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Actively ask for insights from those whose perspectives are less often heard. This helps uncover blind spots, improves decision-making, and help you benefit from a wider range of experiences and ideas.

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Words carry weight. Ensure your language doesn’t unintentionally exclude or alienate people. Learn inclusive alternatives.

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Read a story from a different perspective.

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Time to be grateful about how diversity added value to your own (working) life this year.

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Try a free online cultural competency quiz today. It’s a quick way to check biases and learn about inclusive practices.

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Time to put your Santa hat on and reward a diversity hero with a cookie.

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Does diversity need to be diversified?

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Offer mentorship to someone outside your network. Here's a guide for you:

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Accessibility isn’t optional, it’s essential. Learn why inclusive design benefits everyone.

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Pause before judging - curiosity beats assumption.

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Tell a little boy or girl that they can grow up to be anything they want, not based on what gender they are.

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Coszy up with a documentary about a female inventor - and the "most beautiful woman" of the world.

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Enjoy friends & family. No matter how crazy they might drive you, each and every one adds in their own way to diversity.

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Value every generation, learn from different experiences, bridge perspectives, and create a workplace where everyone can thrive together.

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Normalize pronoun sharing to foster a safer, more inclusive environment for everyone’s gender identity.

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Challenge the glass ceiling by uplifting those facing unseen barriers and share opportunities to shatter ceilings others can’t yet reach.

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Let yourself be inspired by some kickass women – our awesome Role Models!

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Oh my... an inclusion test you can't fake? Find out for yourself

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Practice Active Listening: In your next conversation, focus solely on listening without interruption. Empathetic listening is key to inclusion.

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