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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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.
Scaling D&I to reach the mainstream
A new series of articles reframes D&I to shift the focus from special interest groups to large audiences. It was often proclaimed that ‚everyone‘ should be part of D&I and that it is an embedded business topic. Here are three related deep dives.
Immigrants should assimilate
A current re-analysis of Eurobarometer data by the OECD reveals that European public opinion expects immigrants to blend into their future home countries. This understanding of integration of migrants has implication for D&I, as our considerations show.
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.
Rejection of women in management (and foreigners?) stronger than surveys suggest
Two new studies paint an alarming picture: one shows a strong increase in xenophobia, the other shows that true attitudes towards women in management positions are much more negative than usual surveys indicate.
Diversity as a compulsory subject for sports students – and a whole week of diversity
Diversity in sport has long been a marginalized topic and is now regarded as a key competence, making it a compulsory subject for students at the German Sports University in Cologne. The “Week of Diversity” also takes place here together with the University of Cologne. And not just with feel-good topics.
How the context for D&I is changing
For D&I practitioners, the societal climate and political environment are essential context factors. Both have direct impact on what organisations are doing in regards to diversity, equal opportunities or integration. A first of its kind report shows how societal and political dynamics relating to D&I have been changing in recent years – to the point that some equality laws might disappear.
Global Diversity & Inclusion Leaders meet in Mumbai
Having a truly global and inspirational discussion about D&I. This is one of the aims of the World D&I Congress taking place in February 2018 in Mumbai and hence away from the mainstream. It will be hosted by D&I pioneer, Michael Stuber, and it coincides with the World Women Leadership Congress.
Bias behindert die Nutzung internationaler Potenziale
Die immer internationalere Wirtschaft benötigt nicht nur Fachkräfte, sondern auch inter-kulturelle Vielfalt. Ausländische Studierende mit deutschem Abschluss wären ideal, jedoch gelingt ihnen der Berufseinstieg eher mühevoll – so eine aktuelle SVR-Studie. Eine weitere Untersuchung, ebenfalls vom SVR, zeigt: Wer ‚anders‘ aussieht stößt auf Ablehnung.
Herum’trump‘eln auf Minderheiten in Deutschland
Mit einer „beleidigenden Gegenüberstellung“ äußerte sich gestern Stephan Mayer, CSU Vorstandsmitglied, im WDR Fernsehen zu den sogenannten bürgerlichen Positionen seiner Partei. Dabei stellte er Minderheiteninteressen einer „schweigenden Mehrheit“ gegenüber. Eine Analyse gesellschaftlicher Daten wirft Fragen auf: Nur 9 Millionen Menschen passen gänzlich zu den CSU Positionen.
Diversity in marketing: a gift or a stereotype trap
Leveraging Diversity for market success represents a huge – and largely untapped – potential. Linking the value of differences to both your customer base and your brand and hence selling proposition can be powerful. But what if the product strategy fails in the first place? Two current examples from Germany/Switzerland and France.
Schwerpunkt Diversity: Personal Quarterly
Das Fachmagazin PersonalQuarterly deckt seit vielen Jahren das Thema Diversity nicht nur regelmäßig ab, sondern bietet dabei auch eine kompetente Mischung von Wissenschaft und Praxis. Die aktuelle Ausgabe beleuchtet Diversity und Innovation, kulturelle Vielfalt sowie eine europäische Forschungsübersicht. Das Wichtigste in Kürze.
Latest examples: Fighting Nationalism with Comedy or Science
Many current Nationalist movements base their ideas on ethnic, religious, geographic or linguistic commonalities. Simple considerations can debunk many of them. However, in the discussion each party has become more and more creative in defending their ideas. Here are two intriguing ways to put Nationalism on the spot: comedy and science.
The themes of our time
The German conference of Tagessspiegel and Diversity Charter has become one of the household events for German diversity practitioners. The organisers see this as a mandate not only to present current trends, but also to offer an appealing mix of methods and a broad range of topics. With success.
Spot-on emotional D&I message in commercial advertising
Showing a few different characters in your advertisements is a simple way to leverage Diversity for business. Arguably, it’s too simple nowadays when diversity is a default state of many crowds. A new Levi’s® ad manages to capture and convey the spirit of D&I with a new quality.
Cool Hi-Tech brands finally hit by harsh D&I reality
For many years, Diversity managers in traditional sectors admired high-tech companies for their cool HR and D&I programmes. More recently, the D&I community has started to frown over negative headlines from some ‘cool’ businesses. A closer look at Apple, Google and Facebook.
Vermuteter Migrationshintergrund führt zu signifikanter Benachteiligung
Die Erkenntnis, dass BewerberInnen mit ausländischen Namen geringere Chancen auf dem Wohnungsmarkt haben, löste wenig Entrüstung aus. Was, wenn das Ergebnis auf die Wirtschaft übertragbar ist?
Checklist: 12 items to test if you are inclined to group-think in D&I
An insightful (and self-critical) survey of 500 creative professionals revealed that 54 percent of them admit that ‘echo-chambers’ (and hence group-think) hamper creativity. We have created a unique checklist for you to self-test your inclination to group-think in D&I.