By Gary P. Pisano (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2019) ABSTRACT: This article offers some important insights as to why some companies are successful in pursuing innovation while others fail at it. The proposition advanced by the author is that the nature of innovative cultures is misunderstood. He seeks to dispel five common misconceptions about how …
(Boston Consulting Group, Jan 2019, by M. Kretz and others) ABSTRACT: This article begins with the observation that while many companies and their leaders recognise the benefits that diversity brings and have instituted various kinds of diversity initiatives, across the board the reality is that progress has been slow. (The authors are, of course not …
Symmetra has long advocated objectively rating and benchmarking the salient features of a diverse and inclusive workplace. One of the most important indicators of the level of inclusivity in a workplace is whether employees have a positive sense of belonging. Belonging advances employee engagement, motivation, identification with the goals of the business and collaboration. It is pleasing …
House of Commons, United Kingdom – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace – Fifth Report of Session 2017-2019 – July 2018 This comprehensive report provides a broad and incisive perspective of the current state of sexual harassment in UK workplaces and sets out in great detail the failures of the existing system and why the present …
P Gompers and S Kovvali – Harvard Business Review – July/August 2018 Statistical data in a number of areas gives support to the view that harnessing the benefits of diverse thinking brings about positive real world results While there are good grounds for believing that diverse organisations tend to generate a broader range of ideas, …
B Jones and D Rock – Psychology Today – May 2018 This article offers an interesting new perspective on how to mitigate the biases which creep into performance appraisals. Biases infiltrate themselves into many of the decisions we make daily. Recognising this means we need to guard against the harmful results flowing to ourselves and …
V Hunt, S Prince, S Dixon-Fyle, L Yee – McKinsey & Company Report – January 2018 This new research report by McKinsey is a follow-up to their 2015 report “Why Diversity Matters” and extends the mounting body of evidence supporting diversity as a means to better organisational performance. Significantly it is an attempt to determine whether the perceived benefits …
Artificial Intelligence (AI): a branch of computer science which enables a machine to imitate intelligent human behaviour and which through artificial neural networks is capable of learning through experience. The arrival of the technological wave created by artificial intelligence has elicited a huge number of assessments and predictions as to what this means for the …
Recently, we have seen many criticisms of inclusion and diversity training programs, which sadly may not be a surprise to many who have had to sit through such programs with too much “fluffy” content and telling people what to do – little of which is absorbed or acted upon by the participants. There is good news however, because research in neuroscience and cognitive …
The journey to achieving more diverse and inclusive organisations can often meet unforeseen barriers. On Monday last week a trial began in Boston which could have far-reaching implications for colleges in the United States (and possibly beyond) which are confronted with a host of objections to the way in which most of them seek to enhance …