By and large, diversity and inclusion initiatives focus only on recruitment, reputation management, and “checking off the boxes.” That does not make them bad. It just makes them limited. But what really limits them is where they live: in HR and CSR – on the fringe and disconnected from enterprise wide growth opportunities. As a… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 27
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Problems with Diversity Part 26
When you consider that most diversity and inclusion initiatives are developed to comply with corporate governance and self-regulation (often under the heading “Corporate Social Responsibility” or CSR). For example, in most workplaces, these initiatives are usually poorly funded tactical inclusion initiatives disconnected from broader, more substantial, and well-funded general training programs. They may be well… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 26
Tommy Robinson Part 10
Mosques across Britain could sound the call to prayer through loudspeakers after councils gave permission to alert the faithful. Allama Sadiq Qureshi, who is an imam at the Minhaj-ul-Quran mosque in Newham, East London, said: ‘We want this practice to continue in the future. ‘But at the same time, we must be bothered about our… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 10
Problems with Diversity Part 25
A very good Martin Luther King Jr. quote – “There is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” And I am just going to come out and say it: Most diversity and inclusion initiatives fall into the former category: sincere ignorance. They look and sound great. They are usually well-meaning too. But a… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 25
Tommy Robinson Part 9
Mosques across the country could start sounding the daily call to prayer through loudspeakers following a series of unofficial pilot programmes. Scores of communities were allowed to use public address systems to alert the faithful during the holy month of Ramadan, which ended last night. Several councils gave permission for the call – known as… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 9
Problems with Diversity Part 24
Two boats with 29 migrants on board have been intercepted in the English Channel. One boat broke down at about 01:00 BST and the 13 people on board were taken back to France by a Border Force vessel and a French warship. At about 06:30, another boat was intercepted off the Kent coast and 13… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 24
Tommy Robinson Part 8
Tommy Robinson travelled to watch UEFA Euro 2016 in France and demonstrated with a T-shirt and English flag ridiculing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Bedfordshire Police imposed a football banning order on him on his return; his solicitor Alison Gurden accused the police of equating the proscribed terrorist group with all… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 8
Problems with Diversity Part 23
In France, the Prefecture for the Channel and the North Sea (Prefecture de la Manche et de la Mer du Nord) reported two separate interceptions on Friday and Saturday. In the early hours of Saturday morning, a boat carrying 16 people contacted the French authorities saying its motor had broken and they were in difficulty.… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 23
Tommy Robinson Part 7
After Tommy Robinson’s release from licence at the end of his sentence in 2015, he returned to anti-Islam demonstrations with Pegida UK, a British offshoot of Pegida, a German anti-immigration organisation founded in Dresden amid the European migrant crisis. Addressing a Pegida anti-Islam rally in October 2015, Robinson spoke out against what he perceived to… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 7
Problems with Diversity Part 22
British and French authorities have confirmed that “record numbers” of migrants tried to cross the Channel between the two countries in recent days and that crossings are on the rise partly due to restrictions because of the coronavirus lockdown. More than 240 migrants attempted to cross the English Channel between Friday and Sunday, reported the… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 22