Category: Diversity and Inclusivity
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Intersectional Identities – the Ukrainian LGBT+ newsletter
Today, we are sharing an email by a member of the LGBT+ group in Ukraine. It is the most recent piece of communication we have received directly; we are sharing it to offer insight not only into the reality of intersectional identities, but into a day in a life of a member of a minority…
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Could hybrid work change how we celebrate holidays? It might if we’re not careful.
Hybrid work is the name of the game for the near future employment. It offers, arguably, greater flexibility and is sometimes touted as more ecological as people do not have to commute to the office, or at least don’t have to do it all the time. There are arguments pro and contra; but wherever you…
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The way you interact can make or break your team – leadership and the power of praise
Picture this – an employee notices a mistake that could become costly or damage a company’s reputation if unnoticed. The mistake is not theirs; it is related to what they do, but was made by a colleague. The employee acts immediately by averting the danger – they go about solving the problem, notifying everyone who…
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The nightmare conflict between external perceptions of value and feeling needed
I recently had a most illuminating conversation on the topic of diversity. The conversation involved a very common work problem – the employee in question had been feeling (and objectively was) overburdened for quite some time. For a while, they tried to bear this burden in silence; finally, they gathered courage to speak up when…
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How does Bias work?
From technology to human resources, bias is a hot topic; it creeps into judicial processes, into innovation, into employment and diversity issues. Above all, bias can be very pervasive and hard to shift, because it can be very much entrenched into how we see things, until it’s literally hard to impossible to see without it.For…