Category: Diversity and Inclusivity
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Discord : when someone is spreading rumours at the office
Humans live on rumours. That is why celebrity magazines make so much money. Why there is room for all manner of fake information in our societies. Why we spend at least some time discussing what ifs and maybes of not only our own but others’ lives.Evolutionarily, passing on information can be considered a matter of…
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The one where I extol the virtues of anthropology
Is anthropology useful? This question usually happens right before a person admits they know next to nothing about the science in question. (Which, I should say, leaves us with a far deeper and more concerning question, to whit – are we in fact unable to consider things we know little about as useful? Is that…
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Diversity, inclusion and going back to normal – what happens if we no longer do online conferencing?
2020, the syrup of nightmares though it may have been, brought with it one very important feature – online everything, including conferencing.The results have varied; for many people, going back to the office will be the main goal of 2021, while others wonder how they have ever lived without it.From the perspective of inclusion and…
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Getting back to things… after taking a time off
Learning to stop working and give oneself a break and then going back to it (hopefully relatively fresh and rested) are possibly two greatest steps in our professional existence. I covered the first before the holidays. It only makes sense to cover the second now, when we are all blearily (just me?) emerging into a…
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Should we keep up serious debates during the holidays? Reflections on overworking
Initially, this was going to be a complex post about responsibility and change, because they are current hot topics and because many of the people I talk with and clients have expressed various thoughts about change, inclusivity, diversity, and responsibility over the last while. It was a hot topic of 2020 and it promises to…