Standing up for your case has a long tradition in Diversity. Today, media amplify various forms of activism and DE&I is increasingly perceived as a personalised or political form of engagement – rather than a future-oriented way of supporting organisational priorities. Read about unwanted side-effects of this.
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‘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.
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.
Hey D&I, stop being dismissive, excluding or populist!
One of the shared beliefs in D&I appears to be that issues from the past will be resolved with new values, generations and business approaches. Does this hope withstand reality and evidence checks?
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.
Diversity medial: bunt, laut und nur einmal im Jahr
Wenn Vielfalt zum Thema wird, nutzen die Medien meist starke Bilder. Und noch stärkere Worte. Dass dabei die Monokultur implizit als Norm gestärkt wird übersieht selbst die kritische Journaille. Und ob seltene, stets anlassbezogene Berichte wirklich hilfreich sind darf ebenfalls bezweifelt werden.
Deutsche Welle TV: Bold Corporate RacialEquity Moves, also in Europe?
For sad reasons, RacialEquity became a focus topic (once more) in recent years and months. Journalists from the DW TV explore corporate responses in the field – on both side of the Atlantic – including a 4-minute summary on European specifics.
Leaving the Introversion (20>>21.b)
Diversity acknowledges the human factor in professional and business processes, aiming at improving outcomes for people and organisations. The human mechanism of introversion requires special attention these days. Specifically including in D&I.
10 Impactful Ways to (un)Learn D&I
Racism and other issues remain unresolved and we must therefore accelerate systemic change. This, however, requires us to learn and unlearn. The online maganzine TwentyThirty dedicates an entire series to this aspect.
4 dynamics that influence the D&I landscape – not only for the best
D&I has grown to become commonplace in the Corporate world. Meanwhile, digital tools, social networks and globalisation have shaped the informational context. What does it mean that everybody has access to data, good practices and professional networks?
Bringing together local and international D&I
Research, reflections and Romanian practices. The latest comprehensive D&I publication in Europe combines critical contributions with inspiring initiatives.
Moving from Initiatives to Impact
Pledges & partnerships, campaigns & charters: Publicly visible D&I initiatives have soared across countries and industries. Despite the substantial resources that are invested in these formats, evidence suggests that workplace and business realities continue to include racism, sexism, ageism, or homophobia—contrary to what the initiatives aim to convey.
Will D&I benefit from covid-19 – or suffer?
Solidarity everywhere and an incredible boost of flexible working. Many believe that covid-19 causes the long-awaited transformation at work and that key people will feel differently about individual work arrangements in the future. This may be wishful thinking…
Gender Relationships in Competition: It’s (really) complicated
Women are simply not as competitive as men – that’s one of the beliefs that are as wide-spread as over-simplified, and not even proven. Contextualised insight, however, provides learning for D&I and HR.
Zuwanderer sollen sich assimilieren
Eine erneute Auswertung von Eurobarometer-Daten durch die OECD zeigt eine Erwartungshaltung der europäischen Öffentlichkeit, dass sich Zuwanderer an ihre zukünftigen Heimatländer anpassen sollten. Dieses Verständnis von „Integration“ birgt Konsequenzen für D&I, wie dieser Beitrag zeigt.
Resilient D&I: How to realign our work
As D&I experts, we have always advocated change, based on a thorough look at hidden dynamics and taking into account changing contexts. While we see many signs of good progress and real success, a number of worrying and even threating elements tell us to rethink,realign and revise our work.
Eine andere Vorstellung von D&I
Nicht Vielfalt feiern, sondern Wertschöpfung gestalten. Nicht Massnahmen umsetzen, sondern Change als Chance verstehen. Ein Abend mit neuen Impulsen für 100 Schweizer EntscheiderInnen.
Das größte ungenutzte Potenzial in der Arbeitswelt
Konferenzen sind unter anderem Orte des Schaulaufens. Die nationale D&I Konferenz in Litauen wollte dagegen von Anfang an auch kritische Sichtweisen ermutigen.
Die Lücken, die weibliche Führungskräfte nicht schließen
Führen mehr Frauen in Vorständen zu mehr Gleichberechtigung in einem Unternehmen? Fördert die Arbeit in multinationalen Teams eine interkulturelle Normalität? Die aktuelle Forschung liefert Erkenntnisse jenseits offensichtlicher Antworten.
Gut – besser – zukunftssicher: Ihr bestes D&I weiterentwickelt
Wenn ein Unternehmen bereits „ganz viel zu D&I macht“, stellt sich oft die Frage, wie spezifische Wirkung und weitere Entwicklung erzielt werden können. Die Frage bezieht sich insgesamt auf die Zukunftsfestigkeit von D&I Strategien. Wir haben Antworten.