The Dark Side of D&I
summary
States that most companies put in little-to-no effort to bridge diverse talent to the workforce, cites research that diverse firms outperform competitors by 35% outperformance, and warns of a tick-box mentality that produces hires without belonging. Shows a wheelchair accommodation patched by policy instead of building ramps, gives a 30% threshold for minority voices as a tipping point, and prescribes concrete moves: learn respectful discourse, track and share diversity metrics, start ERGs, and press managers with specific questions.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:47Speaker story
- 5:23Why D&I matters
- 10:17D&I problems
- 22:59Actionable steps
- 36:16Becoming an ally
- 40:10Q&A
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