Strategy

Employee Resource Groups Are on the Rise

A diverse woman sits in a modern office

“About 35% of companies have added or expanded their support for ERGs since the start of 2020, according to a 2021 study by McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.org of 423 organizations employing 12 million people.”

DEI In Medical Research: How Digital Technology is Helping

“Lack of diversity has been a longstanding shortcoming in health research. That lack has not only failed underrepresented groups in the past but also threatens the progress of medical science and the healthcare industry in the future.”

Disability as Diversity

“[Disability] is predominantly framed as a biomedical issue or a technical one in terms of legal compliance. That framing forecloses any other discussion or experience or identity or social power.”

Our brief review of DEI Goals for 2021:

We can learn from past mistakes of companies like Coca-Cola, where a consistent focus on representation metrics distracted from evaluating the strategies actually driving workforce diversity trends.

The Hard Side of Change Management

When one starts to investigate the wide scope and highly complex nature of a DEI strategy or plan, project and change management become critical skillsets of the individual or team that owns it.