Fit is often misunderstood as likeness to existing employees during the hiring process but in reality companies need a complementarity, contrast or entirely new dimension. A person who brings in more diversity to a team is considered the best candidate; misfit is often the best fit. Every employee may come from different backgrounds with different experiences but when they join a company, they all share a commitment towards the company’s mission, vision and values as they ope

We are living in an incredibly diverse world and people need new ways to think about and talk about diversity. Leaders need new skills to enable equity and inclusion and organizations need scalable ways to ensure that their diversity and inclusion initiatives are sustainable. Here are a few ways to take action on DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) to shift mindsets, behaviors and practices towards more equitable and inclusive leadership for individuals, teams and organizatio

What is diversity hiring? Diversity hiring is hiring based on merit with special care taken to ensure procedures have reduced biases related to a candidate’s age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and other personal characteristics that are inherently unrelated to their job performance. The goal of diversity hiring is to identify and reduce potential biases in sourcing, screening and shortlisting candidates that may be ignoring, turning off or accidentally discrimina

In 2017, only 17% of startup founders are women who receive 3% of funding. These numbers are dismal when women represent 50% of the world’s population. Women-founded companies are capable of generating 150% more revenue per dollar invested and gender diverse teams make better business decisions by 73%, bringing more scope and awareness to opportunities and vulnerabilities. They are also more efficient and overall diversity increases these metrics even further. Having women in

The global current situation may have many of us tethering at the edge of our seats - perhaps pondering when will we see the light at the end of the tunnel or better yet reasoning what can be made out of it. Where did I put that flashlight? Let’s break down the linguistic of ‘crisis’! The word crisis was borrowed from the Latin, which means discrimination, decision. But in English, the word crisis was first used in a medical context in the development of a disease when a chan