Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Struggle in Corporate America By Donald Fan
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s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) executives and practitioners, we ask ourselves how we can position our companies as employers of choice to attract and retain top talent, and how we can reap the benefits of DEI to enhance innovation and new business
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opportunities in the digital era. Those two questions reflect the top concerns reported by business leaders worldwide, according to the Conference Board’s C-Suite Challenge™ 2018: failure to attract and retain top talent and the need to create new business models in response to disruptive technology.
Although we are clear about the why and what of our work, thanks in large part to a wave of empirical and heuristic research on the business of DEI, we are collectively struggling with the HOW. After so many years of committed efforts, corporate America is still facing discrimination, stagnation,