Is It Time To Divide Diversity From Inclusion?
Does Diversity & Inclusion strategy actually make sense to consider together? Deb Fortin & John Vincent, founders of The Submarine Way, and I discussed this very question last week at lunch. As consultants in the workplace culture space, we spend a lot of our time figuring out the ever-present, elusive question “Who is our target market?” Surprisingly, each of us has independently experienced...
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The Invisibles: Consequences for Organizations with the Diverse & Assimilated
The concept of Diversity & Inclusion as we see it in action is somewhat flawed. The first word, diversity, describe what exists: a set of different groups. The second word, inclusion, begins to describe the goal: to create space where these different groups are (ideally) equally appreciated. Many organizations first focus on increasing diversity by striving to recruit a more varied set of individuals. As...
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