Category: Opinion
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Designing Diversity – the monthly sarcastic magazine for DEI professionals (November 2021 edition)
Welcome to the very first Designing Diversity – the monthly sarcastic magazine for DEI professionals! I thought I would take all the sarcastic thoughts I have and turn them into a cover of a fake magazine. Just to explain the text a little more. I like the idea of getting different colour ties to show…
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Being proactive when it comes to Diversity and Inclusion
One of the big takeaways one of the participants in the “Workshop for Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Senior Leadership” was to be proactive in finding talent even before you are writing a position description. This is in the form of keeping an internal database of marginalised people that have impressed you along the way…
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Help those “to your right”
I just left a “diversity” chat. I left because I was accused of “skin-deep diversity” from a white male who grew up with a tough, poor background. He told his story and got kudos from two more white males. This is a reinforcing tactic to make them feel better and to ensure “everyone is heard”…