Joe Gerstandt | keynote speaker, freedom fighter, freak-flag flier

It is incredibly frustrating to me that there is still a lot of uncertainly regarding the business case for diversity in the world of business today.  I have to admit that those of us in the field of diversity and inclusion have failed when it comes to effectively communicating the "business case for diversity."  The   [Read More…]

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Pick a date!  I am going to be offering a workshop called "Working with Humans:  Diversity, Inclusion and Communication" at the end of this month.  It will be offered the morning of Wednesday, October 24th and again the morning of Wednesday, October 31st.  It will be a 3.5 hour workshop and will be packed full   [Read More…]

Hats off once more to The Reader.  It has been a little bit crazy to observe our so-called "community leaders" do away with Tristan Bonn as safety auditor and show no real commitment to oversight or to true community policing at the same time that they are so incredibly confused about why we have a   [Read More…]

Just in case you have not had the time, energy, patience or appropriate sense of humor to watch any of the recent presidential debates, here is a brief summary of what you have missed…both parties: Moderator:  Will you as president, take the steps requred to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon? Candidate 1:  I   [Read More…]

I couldn’t help myself…from LiveScience:   Your Boss Really is Clueless By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience posted: 16 January 2007 08:51 am ET Your boss and other people in power often really have no idea what you and others feel and think, new experiments suggest. Power is often defined as the capacity to   [Read More…]

  Well, as the saying goes, shift happens!  I have hardly posted at all this month, but I think that I have an appropriate excuse(s).  It has been a busy and full month to say the least.  At the end of August I was able to participate iin the 2007 Nebraska Minority Health Conference in   [Read More…]

  You are invited to an afternoon of inspiration at the Heartland Family Service Solomon Scholarship Event, featuring olympic gold medalist Dominique Dawes. "Success is a Journey" Saturday, October 6th 2:00 – 4:00 The Scoular Building 24th and Dodge Tickets $25 RSVP by September 27th Wonderful things happen when you expose young girls to positive   [Read More…]

Good comments from Carmen VanKerckhove at Race In The Workplace: Diversity training is practically useless when it comes to helping companies diversify their management ranks, according to a recent study by Harvard University sociologist Frank Dobbin. After poring through 30 years of data from more than 700 corporations, Dobbin concluded that the most successful programs   [Read More…]

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