Inclusion Is a National Security Imperative, Lt. Col. Bree Fram Tells Fortune MPW

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FRAM: "So, inclusion is a national security imperative. We fight today and we’re going to fight in the future using brain power. And if that brain, who’s going to revolutionize the way we fight in space, we fight in cyber, just happens to be in a trans body, you should want them all serving alongside me. And for your organizations, it’s the same way. Those perspectives that we get from a diverse set of individuals, it’s been talked about on stage a lot regarding the science behind high-performing teams, we need those perspectives. But it’s inclusion that actually drives that. Because you can bring people in and if they don’t feel safe to speak up, if they don’t feel safe to bring their full selves to work, you’re not going to get the value of the diversity. So, for us, it is absolutely critical to drive our future success as an organization and potentially on the battlefield, and I think it’s the same way for all of you, because we can’t leave that talent that is going to revolutionize the way we do business behind."