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

Working with Humans Diversity, Inclusion and Communication in our Work and in our Lives This engaging and interactive workshop will provide participants with a deep-dive examination of diversity, inclusion and communication and the roles that they play in our work and our lives.  Participants will also be introduced to tools for making their work (and   [Read More…]

It will be interesting indeed to see how this resonates in Omaha.  It will be interesting to see who speaks out on this effort and who is silent.  Published Sunday  |  October 14, 2007 Ballot initiative targets Nebraska BY MATTHEW HANSEN WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN — A California businessman who visited a Memorial Stadium skybox Saturday had to   [Read More…]

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…]

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…]

  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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