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The Black Lives Matter era is over. It taught us the limits of diversity for diversity’s sake

By Nesrine Malik If 2020 was the year that Black Lives Matter went mainstream, 2024 was the year it died. Quietly, without even the...

Beyond the quick fix: How workforce data can drive deeper organizational problem-solving

Sue Cantrell United States In a recent survey of information technology, data science, and data engineering professionals in North...

The Concrete Ceiling

By Hanieh Khosroshahi I have spent more than six years working in the technology space as a user-experience researcher and designer. As...

Navigating the Complex Realities: Unveiling the Struggles of Black Job Seekers in the UK Job Market Justin Ukaegbu

Navigating the Complex Realities: Unveiling the Struggles of Black Job Seekers in the UK Job Market Embarking on discussions about race...

ONS publishes report on ethnicity pay gap statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its findings on the ethnicity pay gap in the UK, using data from the Annual...

Why You Need a Supplier-Diversity Program

by Alexis Bateman, Ashley Barrington, and Katie Date A handful of socially conscious major companies have long played a role in...

6 innovative and effective approaches to upskilling Slack’s recent radical upskilling booster week highlighted the urgent need for new approaches to L&D: here are some of the most groundbreaking.

When, in October 2023, Slack reportedly shut down operations for a week to focus on upskilling, it created a media frenzy with a mix of...

Diversity is more important than ever in today’s job market

Claire McPhillimy An effective equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy could be the key to attracting and retaining a talented...

How to Intervene When You Witness a Microaggression by Jennifer Kim and Alyson Meister

Microaggressions — those brief, commonplace behaviors or comments that often unintentionally exclude or demean the target — have become a...

Diversity data: colour or ethnicity? This article was first published in Arts Professional on 21.02.2023

Image designed by Paul Ayre Arts Council England (ACE)’s new National Portfolio investment 2023-26 will increase funding to racially...

How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams (Joan C. Williams and Sky Mihaylo)

Companies spend millions on antibias training each year. The goal is to create workforces that are more inclusive, and thereby more...

BAME things Distracting, Troubling, Othering (Published by Dr Nadeem Moghal)

Anything Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) is complex, sensitive and easily divisive. No more so than in a nation, once an empire,...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Recruitment - Building a Diverse Team (published by Marcia C. Manarin)

The prevailing discourse on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies within companies prompts a critical question: are these...

Investing in BAME Development ( Published by Dame Neslyn Watson-Druée, DBE

Irrespective of the rhetoric to minimise investing in diversity and inclusion, there is a range of strategic benefits for organisation...