Recommendation from Patricia Salgado: This is an interesting article on how male colleagues can assist with breaking the status quo in organizations. Many companies are teaching managers how to spot and overcome bias questioning in the interviewing process. However, once inside the organization, embedded behaviors often rule in meetings and women's voices are too often … Continue reading Do you ‘have my back’? Sarah Granger, Slate, January 2018
The Other Diversity Dividend by Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali
A version of this article appeared in the July–August 2018 issue (pp.72–77) of Harvard Business Review. When managers and scholars talk about diversity’s impact on organizations and teams, they’re usually referring to the effects on collective accuracy and objectivity, analytical thinking, and innovativeness. On “harder” measures of financial performance, researchers have struggled to establish a … Continue reading The Other Diversity Dividend by Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali
How to Talk about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion By Alida Miranda-Wolff
Words matter. William James noted that when we lack a term for something, it’s difficult to engage with it. A label allows us to understand and interact with what it’s labeling. For example, without a clear term or set of terms to define our Western culture, we often forget that we have one. Anthropologist Joe … Continue reading How to Talk about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion By Alida Miranda-Wolff
Google employees leave work to protest treatment of women
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carrying signs that included a mocking use of the company’s original “Don’t be evil” motto, thousands of Google employees around the world briefly walked off the job Thursday to protest what they said was the tech giant’s mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives. From Tokyo, Singapore and London to New … Continue reading Google employees leave work to protest treatment of women
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