Welcome to

Harvest

Harvest is a blog for leaders looking to better understand our changing workforce.

Our CEO, Dr. Nikki R. Lanier, and our VP of Client Engagement and Learning, Jaeden Thomas, bring together a mixture of thought leadership and heart-felt reflections on topics ranging from rest, to unpacking the strategies that should undergird the principles of DEI, to risk mitigation, employee engagement, and building and sustaining multicultural teams.

You’ll get a candid understanding of why this work matters to us so deeply and why beliefs, not actions, are at the heart of all the work we do with clients.

Peruse our library below and let us know if something speaks to you!

Nikki Lanier Nikki Lanier

Swan Stacking:

Swan Stacking- a new framework for understanding the convergence of multiple, overlapping Black Swan and Grey Swan events. The theory argues that employees and leaders alike are experiencing layered shocks, ranging from geopolitical upheaval and policy-driven social volatility to lingering psychological trauma from the COVID-19 era and deepening distrust in systems once assumed to be safe. These compounding events are not ancillary—they are central to business risk, talent strategy, and operational resilience. And yet, too few boards and senior leaders are addressing them as such.

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From Navigating Exclusion to Authoring Inclusion: Why Every Organization Needs a 2045 Plan

We are fast approaching an economic and cultural tipping point.

By the year 2045, the United States will become a majority-minority nation. That means people of color—particularly Black and Hispanic communities—will make up not only the workforce majority, but also the consumer majority. Yet most organizations are still operating with assumptions, structures, and strategies rooted in yesterday’s demographics.

2045 is no longer “far off.” It’s 20 years away—two business cycles. The time to reimagine our workplaces, policies, and leadership pipelines is not someday. It is now.

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Jaeden Thomas Jaeden Thomas

Welcome to Harvest

The Harvest is your destination for the best insight on how to prepare to support the workforce of tomorrow. In this first blog post we want you to get to know us a bit better.

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