Microsoft's Nadella: If you are not helping to create an inclusive culture....

Joel Lesko

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote in a memo, "If you are not helping to create an inclusive culture, your rewards, your career trajectory and possibly even your employment will be impacted."

That is a strong endorsement of how important Mr. Nadella wants inclusion to be for Microsoft.

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September 23, 2019

The illusion of inclusion

True inclusion must take into consideration context to determine whether it is successful. For instance, the Harvard Business Review looked at the failed attempts of big corporations to improve inclusion. They could prove they had hired a certain number of employees from particular backgrounds, but they weren’t necessarily allowing those workers to participate fully.

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September 23, 2019

Without diversity, you’re playing checkers when everyone else is playing chess

Angela Hood, writing in Fast Company, makes important points about diversity and inclusion. Slow to embrace diversity in the workplace? It’s probably affecting business. If you’re unwilling to embrace diversity for diversity’s sake, do it because it’s better business.

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