Monday, 5 January 2015

Diversity and Inclusion is just "common sense"?


Diversity and inclusion is just "common sense”? This was one of the pieces of feedback I had received from some senior managers in a multi-national organisation after attending diversity and inclusion workshops. Reflecting on this feedback, the first thought it raised for me is, if D&I is just about ‘common sense’ then why haven’t leaders in many multinational organisations made more progress and been more transformative in the way diversity and inclusion shows up within their organisational cultures?  My second thought is that often there is a Gap between understanding something Intellectually so it appears easy, manageable at least in our minds, to being able to executive it practically, particularly back into the workplace. My third thought is that perhaps what stops diversity&inclusion  being "common sense" is our own attitudes, behaviours and beliefs?  

What do you think, is diversity&inclusion just "common sense"?  



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