October 18th, 2010
My hope is to help diversity and inclusion work continue to evolve. I think that our understanding of and approach to this work has not changed much in the past 30+ years. Some of the issues have changed and some of our tactics have changed, but I do not think there has been much evolution [Read More…]
October 13th, 2010
When I am traveling home from a conference there are always a number of things bouncing around in my head…conversations that I had, presentations that I sat in on and my feelings about the conference overall. I think that the 2010 SHRM Diversity and Inclusion Conference was a really good conference. It was a privilege [Read More…]
October 12th, 2010
I am in New Orleans for the SHRM Diversity and Inclusion Conference this week, and it has been great. It has been a few years since I have participated in this conference and I am really happy to be here and enjoyed the opportunity to present a session on the link between diversity and innovation [Read More…]
October 8th, 2010
Upcoming public speaking gigs: October 12th SHRM Diversity Conference “diversity + inclusion = innovation” October 18th Mosaic Diversity Conference “Hey HR! Diversity ain’t what it used to be!” October 19th Business Innovation Summit “Where Good Ideas Come From” October 28th HR Reinvention Experiment “The Next Generation of Diversity & Inclusion Work” November 16th Sioux Falls [Read More…]
October 8th, 2010
RecruitFest was a very cool event to be a part of. Really. Uber cool even. Good stuff, good people, good conversation. Great planning and coordination. I am still soaking it all in. It is a true privilege to spend time with really smart and passionate folks. It was also a good poke in the brain. [Read More…]
October 6th, 2010
On my way to Boston to participate in RecruitFest as part of the Talent Anarchy team. Looking forward to it for a few reasons…I get to hang out with some good friends, I get to meet other folks that I have been looking forward to meeting, and I get to participate in this funky event. [Read More…]
October 4th, 2010
There is a great deal of evidence showing diversity (especially cognitive diversity) to be a powerful factor toward innovation, increased problem solving ability and better decision making for groups. Put another way, it is going to be more and more difficult with each passing day for teams and organizations to compete if they are not [Read More…]
October 1st, 2010
This is from one of my virtual brothers, Jamie Notter. I just made my contribution, I hope that you will consider supporting this effort as well.. Every year in October, someone gives me a ride up to Pittsburgh, drops me off there with my bicycle, and then I ride home. It’s about 300 miles, and [Read More…]
September 29th, 2010
The topic is straight white guys…well, three of them at least. I don’t have anything against straight white guys. I happen to be one myself. But I do on occasion shake my fist at the status quo here, and in our current system, the status quo is still pretty strongly correlated with straight, white and [Read More…]
September 27th, 2010
What can be perfectly measured and monitored has crowded out what truly matters. That is where our fight is. We should fight more.