May 28th, 2010
May 25th, 2010
It was my privilege to kick off the 15th Annual OCI Diversity Summit last week and my presentation was titled Facts, Fictions and the Naming of Elephants. My hope with this presentation was to shine some light on a really big, really dangerous blind spot that we have regarding how we make decisions. We like [Read More…]
May 21st, 2010
Brand new human being, being pretty freaking cute. Little bit lax on the blogging this week as we brought our brand new baby boy home this weekend. Allow me to introduce you to Oscar Augustus (ozzie)… Be good to each other.
May 12th, 2010
I know smart people. When you have no original ideas of your own, like me, you have to find ways to be around smart people and I have a massive collection of smart people in my life. One of them is Mark Hirschfeld. It is always cool to see someone that you have known for [Read More…]
May 10th, 2010
Where does responsibility for Diversity and Inclusion belong? I think organizations that do D&I well are good at diffusing resonsibility from top to bottom and side to side, but internal practitioners are generally housed inside of the HR function. This issue is to some degree dependent on the size of the organization and the scope [Read More…]
May 7th, 2010
Diversity (difference) and shows up in a lot of different ways…there are many ways that we can be different from each other. A couple of important characteristics of difference: Difference is relational…it exists within the context of relationships. Diversity (or difference) does not exist in people, but between people. Difference is a relational attribute and [Read More…]
May 4th, 2010
When I tell people that my work is about helping organizations and communities build inclusive cultures, they generally think that I advocate a kinder, gentler way of doing things. I do not. I do not have anything against kinder or gentler, but inclusive is not kinder, gentler. Inclusive is not giving everyone a trophy. It [Read More…]
April 28th, 2010
The power of mixing stuff up. Here is a great clip about the value of difference from leadership guru Tom Peters. If you are not he boss, president or CEO, you should forward this on to them today. Not only is from Tom Peters (who I dig a lot) but he is talking about insights [Read More…]
April 26th, 2010
I am attending HRevolution 2010 and not entirely sure what to expect, but I am very much looking forward to it. Giddy, you might say. It will, at the very least, be a great opportunity to meet a number of folks that I know online but have not yet met in real life. I am [Read More…]
April 23rd, 2010
It is Friday. And on Fridays I try to promote and celebrate the flying of the Freak Flag. The Freak Flag represents a lot of things. Here are a few… It is the celebration of coloring outside the lines. It is for wearing socks that say something. It is the celebration of chair dancing, because [Read More…]