The Personal is the Political is the Professional
Diversity and inclusion is not an option on the table, it is the only way to rebuild the ‘new normal’
I was a panelist at this year’s Lloyd’s annual Dive In Festival : that aims to bring more diverse and inclusive (D&I) practices within corporate workspaces across the globe. The panel session aimed at highlighting the unconscious biases that we continue following within our offices and how can we identify them. This post highlights some of the key points from that session.
- Diversity and Inclusion is still considered altruism
One of the challenges of D&I continues to be token representation. We have women on the board members or members from marginalised communities appointed to positions, only to look great on paper. The decision-making power still rests with the few men at the top. The way corporate world can move ahead is to consistently inculcate D&I practices, vocabulary and culture at every level of the professional hierarchy.
2. The D&I vocabulary needs to be expanded and adopted consistently
When we use the term ‘include’, most of the times, it comes from a position of power. “I include you,” denotes a certain power structure that governs who gets to be the part of the system…
