Diversity is a good thing—for workers and for organizations. A workforce that is diverse in culture, gender, and mindset is fertile ground for new ideas and creative solutions. But tokenism—a common misstep on the path to building a more diverse and inclusive organization—is bad for everybody. Any new employee, especially if they’re in an underrepresented group at your company, needs to be welcomed and integrated on the basis of their professional strengths—not singled out as a diversity hire. What, specifically, does this person bring to the table? What connections (with specific colleagues or interdepartmentally) would best unlock their talents?This holds true, too, for new ideas. When you bring someone on to inject a new kind of thinking into the organization, don’t leave them floundering to pitch their unfamiliar ideas to the rest of the team. Think strategically about how to set up “watering holes” within the organization—weekly lunches, for example, or open prototypin...