tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16198304.post473593206463169455..comments2023-10-14T13:27:29.156+01:00Comments on Ancestral Energies: Is Diversity Good for Business? Zhana21http://www.blogger.com/profile/01493863144605527837noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16198304.post-44256441370564272842014-02-07T08:40:33.796+00:002014-02-07T08:40:33.796+00:00Yes, we do need more people who reflect "us,&...Yes, we do need more people who reflect "us," but the business world doesn't really care about that. In my opinion, linking diversity to a way to increase profits may be more successful than linking diversity to moral - societal issues.R Tramblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16198304.post-53561457046049946362014-02-06T13:10:01.750+00:002014-02-06T13:10:01.750+00:00Thanks for your comment, Diane. Yes, Ken was very ...Thanks for your comment, Diane. Yes, Ken was very aware of the power of diversity, although he was also very selective about who he listened to and consulted - too selective, I would say. Zhana21https://www.blogger.com/profile/01493863144605527837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16198304.post-23180319247409301832014-02-06T13:07:07.329+00:002014-02-06T13:07:07.329+00:00Thanks for your comments. I have fixed the link. ...Thanks for your comments. I have fixed the link. <br /><br />Another problem is that, with the lack of diversity, we are not seeing role models that reflect us positively. The visual message to us is not "you can do it, too!" It's more like, "Others can do it, not you". <br /><br />Industry needs the best and the brightest - of all backgrounds, and both genders. Zhana21https://www.blogger.com/profile/01493863144605527837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16198304.post-60520009720121987482014-02-06T12:50:27.449+00:002014-02-06T12:50:27.449+00:00I couldn't get the link to Woolf's comment...I couldn't get the link to Woolf's comments to work. In any case, yes, diversity is good for business...as my workplace states here: http://www.swissre.com/about_us/diversity/Diversity_and_inclusion_a_competitive_advantage_SRcom.html<br /><br />It's not about counting how many women or blacks or whatever you have on your team. It's about getting people from different genders and cultural backgrounds to be able to offer customers and stakeholders solutions that may fit the bill. It's also about avoiding institutional blindness: <br /><br />"'I think that the greatest risk that we have inside any corporation - institutional blindness - is the biggest risk to the future of any organization," said futurist Patrick Dixon. Institutional blindness happens when a majority of an organization's decision makers have the same background.<br /> <br />'If it's true that institutional blindness is the biggest challenge to the future of any organization, then it must be true that to have a homogeneous group of people who are all roughly the same age, the same sex, the same backgrounds, went to the same schools, it must be a terminally suicidal risk.'"R Tramblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16198304.post-65163489416866437162014-02-05T16:53:56.033+00:002014-02-05T16:53:56.033+00:00When I first read this I didn't see the word &...When I first read this I didn't see the word "Lord" so was thinking it was Boris Johnson saying that! Should have known better - like he cares. Thank goodness someone in authority is saying something. You'd never have to tell Ken Livingstone about the power of diversity.Diane Corriettehttp://influencer.biznoreply@blogger.com