April 21st, 2011
I think that I have pretty high standards when it comes to who we should listen to for new insights about Diversity and Inclusion work…I am pretty critical to be perfectly honest. There are not a lot of speakers / consultants / authors that I would recommend. But I am going to recommend one today. [Read More…]
April 19th, 2011
It is almost time for HRevolution. The first HRevolution took place in 2009. I was aware of it, but did not really understand what it was all about. I thought it was kind of a blogging shindig for HR bloggers. I don’t even like it when people read my blog, so the last thing that [Read More…]
April 12th, 2011
Groups often fail to outperform individuals because they prematurely move to consensus, with dissenting opinions being suppressed or dismissed. -Hackman & Morris, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Exposure to minority dissent increases individual courage to resist group pressures to conformity. -Nemeth, Chiles (1988) European Journal of Social Psychology Minority dissent, even dissent that is wrong, [Read More…]
April 7th, 2011
Conformity is a beast, and sometimes we need to be reminded of that. Here is a really wonderful video on conformity.
April 7th, 2011
Thanks to Jason Lauritsen and Values.com for bringing it to my inbox. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, day and night, to make you everybody but yourself—means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight—and never stop fighting.” e. e. cummings (1894-1962); poet, playwright, painter, [Read More…]
April 5th, 2011
I have been terribly lax in my blogging lately and that is probably going to be the case for a few more weeks just due to my schedule. Been blessed to participate in a lot of really cool events lately and I wanted to share one of them with you. A few weeks ago I [Read More…]
March 28th, 2011
A great week ahead! …especially if the travel gods are on my side. I am currently sitting in Phoenix on my way to ELEVATE, the 2011 California Society of Association Executives annual conference. I wish I was going to be able to spend some quality time in beautiful Monterey, but this will actually be a [Read More…]
March 21st, 2011
What looks like resistance is often a lack of clarity. -Chip and Dan Heath I was recently having a conversation about my work, and the senior leader that I was talking with took issue with the way in which I was using the words diversity and inclusion. I was accused of watering down diversity and [Read More…]
March 20th, 2011
Pretty cool way to start the week… I get to talk about diversity and inclusion…on the radio…with Dr. Julianne Malveaux. Pretty good stuff. The show is The Sound of Ideas and it airs Monday morning at 9am (EST). My understanding is that they will be livecasting the show (though I will not be there in [Read More…]
March 12th, 2011
My session at SXSW this afternoon: Where do good ideas come from? Diversity. There is a growing body of evidence showing that cognitive diversity can play a powerful role in increasing the ideation and innovation capacity of a group or community. This session unpacks cognitive diversity, shows how it can drive better outcomes and examines [Read More…]