My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary

Imagine if the language of race was better understood, better articulated and uttered with confidence by everyone. My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary aims to do just that. Through their work with organisations and companies across the world, Maggie Semple and Jane Oremosu found that there was a need to help people as they cautiously discussed difference and inclusion. This book is for all of us. It’s for people who are entering the workplace and finding their identity, for managers who feel bombarded with ever-evolving definitions and neat phrases, for everyone who is afraid of saying the wrong thing and being judged. This is a contemporary dictionary, a global lexicon that reflects today’s world and breaks down barriers to engaging in conversations on race.

Maggie is described as gently formidable - a voice of reason. She is a thought-leader on cultural change and a strategic advisor to global organisations. Formerly an academic, Maggie set up her first consultancy firm in 2001 and in 2010 established Semple, a bespoke women’s clothing brand.

Maggie serves on the Boards of Phoenix Group plc, Jamaica National Bank UK Ltd, and is a member of University of Cambridge HR Committee. She is cited in International Who’s Who, was awarded an OBE in 2001 and is an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple Inn.