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Explore Natasha Williams' recent podcast appearances, industry features, and access official media kits regarding the Institute's research on systemic workplace extraction.

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Recent Features & Presentations

Webinar

Housing Diversity Network

The Cost of Black Excellence

Guest Speaker

Delivering hard data and strategic insights to leaders across the UK housing sector, challenging them to move from awareness to structural accountability.

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Article
Team meeting

What Black Professionals Are Carrying (And What Must...

Women's Resource Centre

An exploration of the heavy, invisible burden carried by Black women in leadership, featuring data from the Cost of Black Excellence research.

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Podcast
Coffee No Cream Ep 26

Black Women Can't Lose Themselves

Coffee No Cream (Ep. 26)

Natasha joins Aaron Braxton to discuss the Cost of Black Excellence, enforcing professional boundaries, and overcoming the scarcity mindset in corporate spaces.

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Podcast
Make It Make Sense Part 1

Make It Make Sense (Part 1)

Coffee No Cream (Ep. 29)

A candid panel discussion exploring the complexities of competition, insecurity, and relationships between Black women at work.

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Podcast
Make It Make Sense Part 2

Make It Make Sense (Part 2)

Coffee No Cream (Ep. 30)

Continuing the panel conversation on navigating workplace dynamics, managing the "Competency Tax," and the necessity of somatic healing.

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Recent Announcements

The latest press releases and editorial insights from the Institute.

Press Release March 2026

Institute Publishes Foundational Research Identifying the '15 Taxes' of Workplace Extraction

Birmingham, UK — The Cost of Black Excellence Research Institute has officially released its flagship data detailing the hidden financial cost per BAME employee across UK enterprises...

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Editorial Feb 2026

Why Traditional D&I is Failing the Modern Black Executive

In an exclusive op-ed, Lead Researcher Natasha Williams outlines why performative inclusion metrics fail to address the somatic and psychological toll of code-switching in the boardroom...

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Announcement Jan 2026

Institute Announces Proprietary Excellence Tax™ Assessment Tool

A new diagnostic tool allowing professionals and HR leaders to accurately measure the hidden psychological costs of corporate assimilation and hypervigilance...

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Official Media Kit

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Natasha Williams Headshots

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Official Biographies

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Featured Partners & Press
Housing Diversity Network
Womens Resource Centre