In what now feels like another life, I worked as a conductor, composer and creative director– that’s my background, really, before everything else and all that’s happened and all my career incarnations; I’m a musician, composer, creative director and conductor. As a creative director and producer, I worked on some of the …
In today’s world, where so much importance is placed on diversity in the workplace, how do we measure such a broad philosophical, intangible concept? What are the key measurable parameters of diversity and how do we interpret these measurements? The Dynamics of Diversity The diversity of any team is dynamic. …
Another Covid lockdown – Here we go again, it’s been eight days since we were sent into a harsh lockdown over a sudden outbreak in Covid cases. The fourth time now. I am provided with comfort from my music and study room which has been my home office for nine …
Finding Inclusion on World Diversity Day Today, on this UN World Diversity Day, our world is inhabited by 195 United Nations member states and their overseas and dependent territories and some disputed territories, yet, according to anthropologists and linguists there are more than 8500 ethno-linguistic people groups, 8500 religions and …
Reporting on diversity World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21 provides an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the value of diversity. But how do we measure and report on diversity? In our increasingly global world, who sets the parameters for what is diverse enough? …
Last month I wrote a blog post “It’s About Time: A New Era of Diverse U.S. Leadership”, which celebrated the recently inaugurated Biden cabinet for being the most culturally diverse and gender inclusive in American history. Even as this overwhelmingly positive move was lauded as, yes, well past time, another …
Diversity is humanity’s greatest brand, and our most under-utilised asset. By managing diversity, creating and maintaining a positive environment in which individual differences and similarities are valued, we can avoid unfortunate consequences such as the current situation in Shepparton, Australia. Equitable representation across subsections of society is paramount. An independent …
As a child of immigrant parents from Greece, I became acutely aware of how discriminatory societal attitudes undermined inclusion and equality at a young age. In the 50s, when my father arrived in Australia he had a moustache. Let me add, not quite like mine. At the movies people would …
At a dinner party recently, a friend who worked at a production house asked, “Can we even put a Christmas tree up in our foyer at work any more?” It’s a good question! There are several strategies that organizations can employ to make their festive season more inclusive that can …
Workforce mutuality is used to describe the extent to which an organizations diversity or workforce is a reflection of the diversity that exists in the community served by the organization. The description of this term is often confused with workforce diversity. However, an organization’s workforce may be highly diverse yet …
