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A Conversation with Canada’s “D&I Dude”

Experience to Lead

It’s vital to the longevity of your organization to consider how you can combat systemic and overt oppression through your IDEA policy and advocacy. Organizations that embrace D&I tend to benefit from more engaged talent, improved decision making, creativity and innovation, all by leveraging diverse perspectives.

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Stanford Medical School's Plan to Attract More Female Leaders

Harvard Business Review

However, the utilization rates for these policies were low, and they were often seen as incompatible with professional norms of success. Armed with this data, SSoM is now moving forward with a comprehensive program to integrate flexibility policies as a core element of the faculty advancement process.

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3 Big Economic Ideas in Waiting

Harvard Business Review

” He was making the point that it is always hard to summon the will to enact big, new policy ideas, even when they appear perfectly logical. Another long-time Brookings Senior Fellow (and public policy servant extraordinaire) Alice Rivlin briefly agreed on a premium support plan several years ago with Rep. Tax on carbon.

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Two Forces Moving Business Closer to Climate Action

Harvard Business Review

In July, General Mills — nobody’s idea of a radical company — expanded the pro-climate lobbying group BICEP beyond the usual suspects (Nike, Starbucks, Ben & Jerry’s) to add a distinctly mainstream voice to the call for policies like a price on carbon. Kellogg’s officially joined the group yesterday as well.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2015

Harvard Business Review

Consider that other power brokers, such as Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, echoed themes similar to those the Pope raised. A few examples: Dow put forth 2025 targets “to help redefine the role of business in society,” which aim to deliver breakthrough innovations and help build the circular economy.

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8 Ways Governments Can Improve Their Cybersecurity

Harvard Business Review

Target, Sony Pictures, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the U.S. Per a new white paper that The Chertoff Group published, governments can best ensure the protection of critical assets in cyberspace by following eight key principles for authentication policy: Have a plan that explicitly addresses authentication.