‘Diversity of Opinion’ Shows the Limits of Diversity

Should the definition of Diversity include people that explicitly reject some aspects of DE&I? Or should Inclusion demand reciprocity from everyone who requests to be valued and heard? Or do both Diversity and Inclusion have to be all-encompassing? What may sound like a no-brainer turns out to unfold as a deep ideological divide, which has remained unnoticed for quite a while.

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Vielfalt – und Unternehmenswerte – als Normalität zeigen

Schwarze Models, schwulesbische Flaggen, sprachlich gegendert: Die Werbung ist bunt geworden. Gefühlt über Nacht, überall und für manche übertrieben. Die Art und Weise wie Unternehmen Vielfalt sichtbar machen erhitzt die Gemüter auf teils unerwartete Weise und auf allen Seiten. Anscheinend geht es hier um deutlich mehr als Geschmacksfragen – das besprechen auch aktuelle Medienberichte.

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Focused on feedback from followers?

Are numerous likes from followers indicative of valuable, inspiring content? Do many participants illustrate the impact of a D&I initiative? Is positive feedback at a DEI meeting confirming your DEI strategy design? As a critical D&I engineer, I see a need to look at different DEI target groups and related objectives in the first place. For this helps us to contextualise some of our evaluation results.

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The (arguable) Value of Being Different

Both Diversity activists and rationalists have been relentlessly exploring and explaining the need to overcome monocultures – particularly in today’s complex business contexts. What began as a joint effort has become – at times – a fight over narratives, followers and the prerogative of interpretation. Less divisiveness and polarisation – even within DEI – is needed to advance our agenda.

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