Jason- There are a lot of reasons that I love you man, and this post is just one of them. This is a great question and it is the kind of question that HR leaders should wrestle with…but, based on what I see and hear they do not. They do not ask questions like this… Continue reading 2 Much Diversity 4 U?
Category: inclusion
Do organizations even know what “talent” is?
Nice post man, good topic. Also some really good comments, and there has been some interesting conversation around culture fit related to the removal of Jack Griffin at Time Warner. I usually find the cultural fit conversation to be pretty humorous. In my experience, it seems that the people using it as a reason to… Continue reading Do organizations even know what “talent” is?
Diversity & HR…less talking, more doing.
Jason- Good post, and really good comments from Eric and Ben and Jay. I do not think that HR and Diversity are soulmates, and I am not sure that they should be. Diversity and inclusion work today touches a lot of stuff far outside the realm of HR and I have been suggesting that the… Continue reading Diversity & HR…less talking, more doing.
Put that Freak Flag Away!
Jason- Organizations are conformist by nature. Some organizations are really conformist and some not so much, but there is always some degree of conformity…that is true of any social group actually. Conformity is the cost of membership. Too much conformity can be really, really bad and you can see examples of this ranging from Enron… Continue reading Put that Freak Flag Away!
Diversity Dilemma – response 3
Jason- Hmm. Well played my friend. I almost agree. But a couple of things that stand in the way… I am approaching this from the perspective of making the D&I function as successful as possible today, not what would make D&I successful if we lived in a world where HR was what it needed to… Continue reading Diversity Dilemma – response 3