Conferences can be beauty contests, at times. The first large National Diversity Conference in Lithuania, however, decided to also address critical issue right at the beginning.
New FIFA policy “innovative”, “at the forefront”
For many years, football used to be an example of a perfectionised monoculture with vast biases. The global association, FIFA, reaches millions or billions of people so that their new anti-discrimination policy is a key move.
Siemens verliert mehr als eine Vorstandsquote
Anlässlich aktueller Entscheidungen über die Zusammensetzung des Vorstandes der Siemens AG berichtet das Handelsblatt über die Bedeutung von Perspektivenvielfalt und die Wahrnehmung von Besetzungsentscheidungen.
Diverse teams are great – but not equally for all
The latest academic study about team diversity provides additional depth to simplistic insight. Yes, diverse teams create superior results – sometimes on the back of those who aided the benefit.
Getting inspired by an outside perspective
Since Diversity started. the topic has evolved from an innovative niche topic to a broadly tackled issue. In order to get fresh and critical insight from the outside, one of the pioneer D&I magazines, Profiles in Diversity Journal, has invited a European to become columnist in 2019. C.f. pp 52-53.
Pink-Washing zum Schnäppchenpreis?
Es sollte ein Upgrade für die CSDs sein, die Ausrufung des Juni als Pride Month. Die immer größeren Events ziehen Marketer magisch an. Zwei Radiomagazine hinterfragen die Inflation des Regenbogens.
Beyond yesterday’s Dual Career Paradigm
The European Union is undertaking major steps to provide equally high standards for the integration of work and private life for both men and women. Empirical research and good practice confirm the need to switch from a Dual-Breadwinner to a Dual-Earner-Carer-Model.
The affinity that working internationally does not change
Exposing yourself to differences is known to contribute to reducing biases. Following this thought, researchers tested the role of nationality in inter-personal relationships among expats. They found a significant interplay.
The gaps that female managers do not close
Will more women on boards lead to more equality in an organisation? Or do multi-national teams promote inter-cultural relationships? While some numbers support such obvious linkages, deeper research provides a more sophisticated picture.
Business-based reactions to anti-Diversity policies
The operator of London’s public transport network, TfL, has banned advertising from eleven countries that breach human (LGBT) rights. The reaction reaches far beyond the individual ‘Brunei case’ and affects global airlines and tourist boards. It raises the question how many more countries could be criticised for other anti-Diversity policies…
Ageist for no Reason?
Alongside Fridays for Future and other movements, a new form of generational dispute can be noticed: Young people not feeling that their voices are heard and wanting to break with the past to create their future – by themselves and for themselves.
Next Level D&I: From good to great to future proof
When a company has completed more than 15 years of D&I work – in all aspects and areas – they ask us which higher level they could reach. For every D&I practitioner, staying relevant is key. Here is the latest guidance.
Research says: without the right mind-set, targets don’t work
The belief in D&I targets is almost as strong as the resistance they often create. Based on new large-scale, international research, experts now confirm that a consistent, business-based sense-making will create the ‘acceptance’ required to make targets a success.
Von Karneval und anderen, z. B. jüdischen Feiertagen
Es ist kein gesetzlicher, wohl aber ein faktischer Feiertag: der Karneval. Schwer vorstellbar, auf dieses Datum ein bundesweit einheitliches Staatsexamen zu terminieren. Warum dann auf einen hohen jüdischen Feiertag? Wie jüdische Karnevalisten Teil der Antwort werden.
Why Heidi Klum harms Diversity just as BlackRock or Head-hunters do
This moment, when you discover a trend and you feel it deserves to be promoted by your fame and authority. The next day, everybody else tells you the trend started 20 years ago and you were always part of the problem.
Evidence about Online Gender Bias and how to avoid it at work
Empirical analyses of YouTube, Instagram and Online Music videos show that the presence of women focuses on stereotypically feminine topics and formats while overall, they are underrepresented. Companies can eliminate the toxic spill-over of online gender bias onto the workplace.
Diversity in Advertising? Global survey spurs hope
Marketing experts from 5 countries on 4 continents were surveyed about Diversity in advertising. Their answers show that they know what is expected from them. However, mind-sets and actions vary.
Focus on Impact: D&I fully revamped
The longer you work in D&I, the more difficult it gets to innovate. It may feel as if you have already considered everything. That’s why it took us 3+ years to revamp our entire approach to D&I. The result offers you innovative, international, intelligence-based D&I.
Public Bias: Which criminals are ‘mentally ill’ and which are ‘terrorists’?
One day after the tragic fatal attack on Gdansk’s Mayor, Paweł Adamowicz, many media spread allegations about a ‘reported’ mental illness of the attacker. What do we recall from other attacks? And how is it relevant for Corporate D&I?
Different and similar: The implementation of D&I across Europe
Does a coherent European approach to D&I exist and can it be successful in varying local contexts? Which are the regional factors to which D&I must be tailored in order to be successful? These were some of the high level questions that lead to an innovative European study, the results of which have just been published.