Many studies prove that well-managed D&I leads to better performance. Why not use these insights to design investment strategies? A few funds already do so and they were just joined by another one, the Solactive Global Gender Diversity Index, in partnership with UBS.
Initiating concrete changes to mitigate unconscious biases and eventually make the most of differences. This summarises the ambition of many D&I practitioners. While it sounds easy, experience shows that the practicalities sometimes aren’t. ‘Inclusion Nudges’ are a collection of good practices how to steer behaviour away from bias and towards inclusion.
The strategy consulting firm McKinsey has launched the latest addition to its Women Matter series, now looking at the African continent. The study covers 14 countries, 55 companies and 35 senior women. It includes both surprising and expected results.
After decades of work on D&I, experts are often asked if more research and additional activities were still needed. One of the globally leading D&I content providers has just published a ‘diversity dialogue‘ on current challenges and next practices.
The buzzwords that describe the Business Case for Diversity Management are quickly listed up: Creativity, employer brand, collaboration, market access. But is it enough to be convinced of some value-add that D&I offers? And what if your key stakeholders were convinced of different benefits? Alignment and rigour are needed in order to turn the business […]
Diversity practitioners often need to prove the business value of specific aspects of their work: Does Diversity lead to more patents, does Inclusion result in more productivity or will D&I overall impact the bottom-line in a positive way? These and many other facets of the Business Case for D&I were examined by robust research projects […]
Two new studies show the positive impact of managerial gender diversity on firm performance and on managerial diversity and operating profit margin respectively. In addition, they reveal more detail about the complex connections between D&I and the bottom line.
In an online article, the BBC has recently shed light on the disability market and presented companies tapping into that potential. The collective spending power of people with a disability, their friends and family, is described as a large segment: The so-called ‘Purple Pound’ incorporates about 20% of all consumers and is valued at £212 […]
A current study by International Alert shows that pupils from different backgrounds view each other more positively when they learn together in mixed classes compared to those studying separately. The finding is particularly relevant with regard to the stereotype reduction effect it shows which is relevant in many everyday workplace situations and for segregated education […]
The most current Demography Report from the European Union’s statistical office EuroStat provides concrete numbers for many of the trends that Diversity practitioners often refer to. Ageing, gender gaps, migration and individual life styles. It also includes some figures from individual countries.
