All Things Work

Pressure-Tested I&D Strategy From the Practitioners Doing the Work.

November 15-18, 2026 | Nashville, TN

Seats are limited. Reserve your spot at BLUEPRINT for I&D today.

Every Dimension of Inclusion. One Place to Build It.

Executive Orders were issued. Budgets tightened. Some of you are doing this work under a name that doesn't say "diversity" anymore. None of that means I&D stopped mattering — it means it evolved, and the people doing it deserve a place to figure out what's next.

BLUEPRINT for I&D 2026 is that room: three days with the people still building inclusive workplaces, figuring out what's working now, and doing it together with the leading voices in the field. The agenda delivers pressure-tested strategy and best practices from in-role practitioners across disability and neurodiversity, religious accommodation, gender and women's advancement, caregivers, veterans, global inclusion, belonging, civility, AI, and more.

Because an inclusive workplace is what you build so different people can actually contribute, perform, and stay.

You'll leave Nashville with insight that holds up under pressure, including:

  • A clearer read on today's legal and regulatory landscape
  • Inclusion strategies tested across a wider range of workforce needs than any one org sees alone
  • What's actually working inside organizations like yours right now
  • A way to connect I&D decisions to outcomes leadership cares about
  • Practical moves you can make Monday morning
  • The knowledge that you're not doing this by yourself

Why You Can't Afford to Miss This Event

The Legal Landscape is Shifting.

What used to be settled — how far a policy can go, what an accommodation actually requires — is being tested ruling by ruling, order by order. Guess wrong and it costs you. BLUEPRINT for I&D puts you in a room with people reading the same decisions you are, asking the same questions, and building something that holds up under scrutiny.

The Legal Landscape is Shifting.

The Workplace is Changing.

Your workforce doesn't look like it did five years ago. Caregivers, veterans, disability, faith, four generations working side by side — none of that waits for the legal landscape to settle down. BLUEPRINT for I&D is where you build the version of this work that thrives within an actual organization — not the version that only survives in a slide deck.

The Workplace is Changing

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On the Agenda: Ten Dimensions of Inclusion, and the Strategy Behind Each

ADA, disability and workplace accommodations

Neurodiversity and accessible talent practices

Religious diversity and accommodation

Gender and women's advancement

Pregnancy and caregiver protections

Veterans and nontraditional talent pipelines

Global inclusion across jurisdictions

ERGs, belonging, civility and psychological safety

AI, accessibility and adverse impact in hiring

Legal compliance, governance and organizational risk

You Never Stopped Doing the Work. Neither Did We.

Executive orders. Court decisions. Shifting regulations. New workforce expectations. The environment around this work has gotten harder — but the case for doing it is stronger than ever. The goal isn't just understanding what's changing. It's knowing what to do next — and having people beside you while you figure it out.

BLUEPRINT for I&D gives you SHRM's practical framework for I&D strategies that are:

Workplace Unifying

Workplace Unifying

Build cultures that hold real differences without falling apart — trust, civility, belonging, and teams that actually work together

Business Accretive

Business Accretive

Connect the work to what leadership already tracks — talent, productivity, innovation, performance.

Legally Compliant

Legally Compliant

Navigate what's shifting with clarity, so the strategy you bring home actually holds up.

The goal isn't just understanding what's changing. It's knowing what to do next — and having people beside you while you figure it out.

GOOD INTENTIONS AREN'T A STRATEGY

Explore why I&D now demands legal rigor and measurable business value — not just cultural commitment.

Dive deeper into how leading organizations are proving inclusion's impact on performance, cohesion, and the bottom line, while navigating a shifting legal landscape.

Welcome to the Main Stage

The New Legal Era: What's Permissible — and How to Lead Through It

Hear From the Experts Shaping What's Next

Learn from leading voices across HR, law, business and workplace culture as they tackle today's most pressing I&D challenges and share practical strategies you can put to work in your organization.

Rev. Mark Fowler
Rev. Mark Fowler
President & CEO, Tanenbaum
Dr. Stephanie Creary
Dr. Stephanie Creary
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. James Johnson Jr.
Dr. James Johnson Jr.
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
Dr. Steve Robbins
Dr. Steve Robbins
Founder | S.L. Robbins & Associates
Howard Ross
Howard Ross
Author, Speaker, Facilitator, and lifelong student of human behavior
Kenji Yoshino
Kenji Yoshino
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law; Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
David Glasgow
David Glasgow
Founding Executive Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging; Adjunct professor at NYU School of Law

Introducing All Things Work 2026

Discover ATW's Learning Paths

Stop developing your people in silos. Make a single investment to bring high-performing leaders, I&D specialists, and HR professionals together to drive workforce performance.

Blueprint for I&D
SHRM Linkage Leadership Institute
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When organizations invest in ATW, they're strengthening how their workforce performs. Each ATW learning path is anchored in a broader enterprise conversation on workforce alignment. That context matters because leadership development, I&D strategy, and HR capabilities don't exist in a vacuum—they're shaped by the same business pressures organizations face today.

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