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Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron’s Chief Diversity Officer

HR Digest

Diversity is an overused word, but at Chevron it’s a perfect description of its corporate culture. The company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report highlights how diversity and inclusion (D&I) feature so centrally in the company’s success story. Efforts to bring more diversity to the oil and gas industry are working.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

After studying meetings of various sizes, researchers have concluded that the optimal number of participants is seven or eight — small enough for good discussions, but large enough for a diversity of opinions. After the demise of Enron in 2002, many U.S. The board has since transformed.

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Four Innovation Trends to Watch in 2013

Harvard Business Review

From Khan Academy to Coursera to edX to the O'Reilly School of Technology, badges increasingly enjoy consideration as human capital's coin of the the realm for online education. Course content, quality and participation won't ultimately determine the triumph of the online educational revolution. Individual empowerment.

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What Tech Companies Can Do to Become a Force for Inclusion

Harvard Business Review

“You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology — it’s not only a great tool for democratization, but it’s a great tool for eliminating prejudice.” pm images/Getty Images. of employment in those occupations in 2016.