In May 2019, the EU hosted the Diversity Charters’ Annual Forum “United in Diversity – a common challenge”. The event brought together leaders from politics, academia, business and civil society to debate the future of D&I in Europe.
Alongside Fridays for Future and other movements, a new form of generational dispute can be noticed: Young people not feeling that their voices are heard and wanting to break with the past to create their future – by themselves and for themselves.
At the bayme vbm Forum in Munich, the role of women in business and leadership took centre stage. International data and perspectives reveal how Bavaria’s M+E industry can leverage gender diversity as a strategic advantage.
At a time when nationalist narratives promote homogeneity, the SoCareNet Europe Conference 2018 in Budapest showed the opposite: diversity is Europe’s very foundation – and embracing it is key to peace, prosperity and global credibility.
It was a surprising opportunity for European Diversity: just a few days after they had presented a D&I vision for Europe in Budapest, the team publicly used their brand-new company logo to communicate a European message to Erdogan’s entourage passing in front of their Cologne offices.
In an attempt to justify the ban of gender studies from Hungarian Universities, State officials claimed that differences between men and women were purely biological. Â Hence there was no need to do research or to teach Gender in Hungary.
The job of a D&I manager often involves a miracle agenda: Make progress, deliver benefits, include everyone and manage complex stakeholders. Hence, they need a variety of skills and deep knowledge in many areas. Where do they acquire and develop these?
A high-level programme in Torino explored Europe’s competitiveness, reforms and growth strategies. In this context, Diversity & Inclusion was presented as a strategic driver of jobs, productivity and innovation.
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.
It could be so simple and joyful: celebrating diversity, colourful balloons and smiling people. All good. However, anyone who tackles diversity in a simplistic way and presents it only as a business case is not only cheating on his or her own label – they will also quickly reach the limits of credibility and expectations […]
