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Sifting Through Examples of Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

HR Digest

There are many examples of diversity and inclusion in the workplace but we often get caught up in two areas—hiring and leadership. For a genuine focus on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, there need to be many layers to diversity planning. Employees who feel secure are employees who are motivated to work.

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The Movement Of People And Ideas Is Key To Economic Growth

The Horizons Tracker

Hidalgo and Ricardo Hausmann compare the best economies to a bucket of Lego bricks, with the most diverse buckets those that are able to grow and produce the most innovative solutions. Within countries, universities tend to be at the heart of attempts to foster such diversity.

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Former Goldman Sachs Partner Edith Cooper: Recruit, Retain, Mentor

Harvard Business Review

What we can learn from Goldman’s former head of Human Capital Management about addressing race at work and retention strategies.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. All too often, however, startup leaders are less savvy when it comes to human capital, until it’s too late. This is a laudable response.

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To Address Gender Bias at Your Company, Start with Teams

Harvard Business Review

Real diversity efforts require organizations to address the social patterns that stifle women’s careers, not just the symptoms that result from them. Like many failed organizational changes, current approaches to diversity and inclusion run into the brick wall of the status quo. Focus on Local Practices. But they rarely work.

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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. Badges will be key variables in human capital evaluation. Will lower interest rates make venture capital a more appealing option?

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

Nugent, and Hoda Selim, explores the topic through the particular lens of the six Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. Norway benefits from free movement from across the EU, and while not without hurdles for non-EU citizens, is a diverse and welcoming country.