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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.
5. March 2019 || by Michael Stuber || Business Case, HR, Leadership & Culture, Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
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.
Tags: english, gender
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26. February 2019 || by Michael Stuber || HR, Newsletter, Not-for-Profit, Policy & Politics ||
It is not a Public holiday, but a factual one: carnival. It’s hard to imagine a nationwide common state exam on this date. Why then on a high Jewish holiday? How Jewish carnivalists become part of the answer.
Tags: german, religion beliefs
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18. February 2019 || by Michael Stuber || D&I in the Media, Editorial, Leadership & Culture, Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
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.
Tags: english, holistic
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6. February 2019 || by Michael Stuber || D&I in the Media, HR, Media Features ||
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.
Tags: english, gender, german
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31. January 2019 || by Michael Stuber || Business Case, Marketing, Newsletter ||
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.
Tags: english, gender, holistic, lgbtqi*
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21. January 2019 || by Michael Stuber || Editorial, Leadership & Culture, Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
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.
Tags: english, german, holistic
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14. January 2019 || by Michael Stuber || D&I in the Media, Leadership & Culture ||
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?
Tags: english, holistic, religion beliefs
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9. January 2019 || by Michael Stuber || Press Statements, Strategy & Tools ||
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 […]
Tags: english, holistic, research
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14. December 2018 || by Michael Stuber || HR ||
New airtight research shows that high group tenure leads to over-confidence that can be corrected by demographic diversity. The results also raise question about wide-spread D&I approaches. When science meets reality…
Tags: english, holistic
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26. November 2018 || by Michael Stuber || Business Case, HR, Newsletter ||
More gender diversity in STEM can change the way research teams tackle tasks, eliminate blind spots and thus explore under-researched questions. In order to achieve this, the scope of gender diversity would need to be broadened – beyond a simple representation focus – a new analysis shows.
Tags: english, gender
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