One year later, Ahmed-Omer's calendar is just as full as it was in the months after Floyd's death. She sees it as a sign of how seriously companies are finally taking on issues of racism and representation, but knows there's still plenty of work to be done. "People are talking to us about culture. People are talking to us about governance," said Ahmed-Omer. "That tells me that we've opened up a massive can of worms and we need to get the worms out ... and that's been great to see." BlackNorth Initiative efforts have centred around a pledge it drew up in June 2020, when Kingsdale Advisors founder and "Dragons' Den" star Wes Hall launched the organization.