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Michael Stuber is the EMEA-level Diversity researcher, author, speaker and consultant, specialised in organisational change strategies for complex context. Over 25 years, he has worked on more than 400 projects in 30+ countries on 4 continents, helping blue chip companies across industries turn globalisation and societal change into drivers of business excellence — and advance DEI in ways that work across borders.
23. October 2017 || by Michael Stuber || D&I in the Media, Media Features, Strategy & Tools ||
While for some, D&I still feels like a new (ad)venture, others have already witnessed 20+ years of development in the field. One of the leading D&I magazines presents ten critical expert analyses including learnings and recommendations.
Tags: english, holistic
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10. October 2017 || by Michael Stuber || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
The dynamics of fun parks are based on physical challenge and all kinds of visual or auditive impressions. Did you ever think about how people with a disability can enjoy the rides? Now, you can even try it.
Tags: english, inclusion, mixed abilities
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9. October 2017 || by Michael Stuber || Media Features, Strategy & Tools ||
The family-owned Prettl Group with almost 10,000 employees sucessfully runs five business unit, Automotive, Appliance Solutions, Electronics, Energy and ProSys. The current company magazine focuses on Diversity & Inclusion. The expert interview with Michael Stuber can be found here.
Tags: english, german, holistic
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20. September 2017 || by Michael Stuber || Strategy & Tools ||
18 British blue chip corporations form the second largest National subsample of 75 of Europe’s largest companies. The country also has a long tradition in non-discrimination. Does that mean that UK firms are D&I leaders, compared to other Europeans?
Tags: english, holistic, research
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1. September 2017 || by Michael Stuber || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
The financial sector constitutes the largest Industry cluster when analysing blue-chip companies in Europe. Does the economic strength translate into D&I leadership or will questions over ethics be confirmed? A comparative summary of results
Tags: english, holistic, research
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14. August 2017 || by Michael Stuber || Publications, Strategy & Tools ||
ENEL’s current issue of their corporate magazine is dedicated to how to create value for business by fostering diversity inside corporations. The company describes itself as a laboratory of diversity.
Tags: english, gender, holistic
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11. August 2017 || by Michael Stuber || Editorial, HR, Leadership & Culture ||
A google employee was fired for spreading harmful stereotypes about women – ten pages long. The following discussion revolved around freedom of speech and existing (gender) gaps in the tech industry. Surprisingly, there was little refection about how D&I did not reach large, mainstream audiences over the past years.
Tags: english, gender, holistic
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22. July 2017 || by Michael Stuber || HR, Newsletter ||
What happens when women try to break into a male domain? A real story from Venice allows Diversity practitioners to verify key dynamics they should be aware of. Meet the first female and the first transgender Gondolieras…
Tags: english, gender
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11. July 2017 || by Michael Stuber || HR, Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
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.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, gender, lgbtqi*
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26. June 2017 || by Michael Stuber || Leadership & Culture, Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
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.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, holistic
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