The Business Case for Human Decency
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Argues that adopting human decency in hiring, leave policies, and day‑to‑day management costs nothing, reduces turnover, and increases innovation by preventing burnout and widening perspectives. Cites a real product that cost “millions” because a homogeneous R&D team missed obvious user context, and recounts involuntary separation to show hiring/retention pain. Recommends concrete changes: bias audits, paid parental/medical leave, reasonable remote/hybrid rules, and treating employees like athletes — prevent injuries (burnout, depression, sleep loss) rather than firing after the fact. empathy respect
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:11Disruptive innovation
- 5:20Human decency defined
- 7:28Respect in hiring
- 9:38Toxic workplace culture
- 11:50Empathy as disruptor
- 13:41Companies vs athletes
- 16:32Protect employees innovate
- 18:15Decency globally locally
- 19:23Call to action
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