Is there a way to approach diversity that is effective across many cultures and sectors, while at the same time helping us to understand the impact of our own biases on our work? Listen in as two practitioners informed by very different backgrounds and experiences explore this question. Diversity and leadership consultant Duncan Smith, interviewed by Hala Abdelnour, sees five ’Foundations of Diversity’ as essential guides for both newcomers to the field and experienced practitioners. Refined and tested across a wide range of corporate, government, and non-profit clients over nearly 30 years, in both ’Western’ and ’non-Western’ countries, this is an approach that is practical, relevant, and engaging.
Innehållsförteckning
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introductions
About the Conversation
The importance of Diversity work
Background in and Approach to Diversity work
The Foundations
Foundation One: Similarity and Difference
Foundation Two: Majority and Minority
Foundation Three: Assumptions and Bias
Foundation Four: Inclusion and Exclusion
Foundation Five: Power and Privilege
Applying the Foundations
Resistance and Challenges
The Foundations in Practice
The Limits of Perspectives
Changing the System
About the Authors
Om författaren
Duncan Smith helps people work together,
better. Over his career he has become a trusted advisor to his clients, working with organizations, teams, and individuals in the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Asia-Pacific region. Duncan’s work includes leadership and executive team development, designing and implementing culturally appropriate diversity and inclusion solutions for multinational organizations, and facilitating critical conversations to overcome barriers in the areas of unconscious bias, gender and cultural diversity.
Duncan is particularly known for his ability to help clients with issues including developing leadership capability, responding to globalization, increasing productivity, attracting and retaining top talent, enhancing creativity, innovation, and problem solving capabilities, and improving service delivery. With a strong interest in the development of an equitable global society, Duncan helps leaders increase their capacity to work well together by building trust, holding open and honest conversations that lead to better, more inclusive decisions and higher functioning teams, collectively solving
problems and building stronger relationships across lines of difference.
He is a member of the Expert Panel for the Global Inclusion and Diversity Benchmarks, a mentor for the Inclusion Allies Coalition, and in 2018 released the book Foundations of Diversity.
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