Tag: anthropology and business
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When women don’t support women: when female to female allyship backfires
Women can be powerful allies to each other – mentoring, sharing experience or advice, even working against implicit bias of male counterparts. But women don’t always support each other.
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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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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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CES 2021 – Key Impressions
The CES 2021 (all virtual) is here, and for tech enthusiasts, those working in the relevant industries and anyone observing the changes in social identity of companies and businesses, it is an experience worth the wait and the worry that no doubt hung in the air until it launched. For those who are unfamiliar with…
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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…