Tag: DEI

I have worked in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field for 23 years. I have been a DEI subject matter expert for 13 years and an entrepreneur for more than seven years. Working in this field has made me both a witness and also a victim of the hardships individuals and companies face because of ...

Note: this is a companion blog to a conference presentation from October 2023. This blog is written with a German audience in mind, but even if you are not based in Germany, you may find this blog useful! Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash. Many organizations I’ve worke...

We were allegedly fired with immediate effect and seemingly without reason by email allegedly via Adyen N.V.'s Senior Legal Counsel with the Head of People, Senior Vice President of HR, Head of Legal EMEA and Vice President of Creative in CC. Since then, with the outstanding advocacy of ...

In an illuminating episode of the “Truth, Lies, and Workplace Culture” podcast, I had the chance to delve into the world of DEI with Mandy Price, the founder and CEO of Kanarys.com. Mandy’s innovative approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is reshaping how businesses understa...

In the past three years, there has been pivotal moments that have created an inflection point affecting the equity, inclusion and social justice for almost every group with the murder of George Floyd, hate crimes against Asians, LGBTQI exclusion and inequities against many other communities. These o...

The debate over DEI hires made it all the way to Twitter when billionaire sports junky Mark Cuban tweeted his support for DEI hires. Fellow billionaire Elon Musk replied with a classic straw man argument by asking Cuban when an Asian woman would be making her debut as a Dallas Maverick. Cuban replie...

As the world continues to grow more diverse, it’s becoming increasingly important to acknowledge the many different identities that make up our communities. Intersectionality is a concept that recognizes the interconnected nature of different forms of oppression and discrimination, and emphasi...

Iremember distinctly a time in my professional career when cultural competency and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) were too radical for my workplace, that the extent of multiculturalism was food fairs and performances, and that diversity meant geography — look at all the different ...

Apparently, it means a lot of different things depending on who you ask. From my experience however, it never seems to pan out in the altruistic way DEI is meant to be seen. While the intention is to enable an empathetic, open environment, the intricacies of the human brain simply do not allow for s...

By all accounts, Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility” and main proponent of the concept, is a wealthy woman. Incidentally, she is also white. I do not fault people for succeeding financially, and I assume she means well. But if someone extracts somewhere between $14,000&nb...

The evil of scientific racism (eugenics) For the record, the first tweet is a complete fabrication of the facts and the record and credibility of the IQ test and the SAT. This is just racist evil. Musk even intentionally misspells DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs “DIE” i...