Role modelling DE&I, driving DE&I from the top down, strategic positioning of DE&I – the expectations people have from C-suite executives are vast. But do we really understand their perspective, their roles and what they (really) need to effectively contribute to DE&I? The CEO Club looked at (their) part of the story.
DE&I experts see both a need to consider vast local differences in what to address and how, and a huge attractiveness of global ‘best practices’ followed by an eagerness to import them. But: What to copy and what to tailor – and to which context?
When people talk about bias & barriers or privilege & power, older white males seem to be the implicit object of description. Increased activism (and polarisation) intensifies the blame & shame on this group. At the same time, they are asked – or urged – to become active allies and empathetic mentors. Can we have […]
DE&I work can sometimes be summarised as ‘we celebrate minorities and blame others for the slow pace of change’. While it feels good and fuels belonging, the critical way to comment and demand progress does not seem to enlist support from those we want to win.
Using power is different from showing leadership in DE&I and both are key to successfully driving change. Traction, however, can also be reduced – or limited – depending on how power is used. This often happens unintentionally or when a leader is not aware of the side-effects of their ‘powerful’ decisions. DE&I 2023 Trilogy (part […]
Standing up for your case has a long tradition in Diversity. Today, media amplify various forms of activism and DE&I is increasingly perceived as a personalised or political form of engagement – rather than a future-oriented way of supporting organisational priorities. Read about unwanted side-effects of this. DE&I 2023 Trilogy (part 2) The roots of […]
Diversity seems to naturally focus on differences and separation can intensify when adding an international and hence intercultural dimension. Global corporations, on the other hand, require consistency across their organisations and also need D&I approaches that are universally applicable. An expert event discussed the related dilemma.
Should the definition of Diversity include people that explicitly reject some aspects of DE&I? Or should Inclusion demand reciprocity from everyone who requests to be valued and heard? Or do both Diversity and Inclusion have to be all-encompassing? What may sound like a no-brainer turns out to unfold as a deep ideological divide, which has […]
Lecture for a prestigious US MBA programme explores the value-creation model of DE&I and today’s global imperatives from a European perspective.
In an academic lecture for the course “Economics of Gender” at Izmir University of Economics, Michael Stuber introduced MBA and economics students to a European model of DE&I as a value-creation process.
