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Diverse Teams Help Organizations Adapt To Change

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from Carnegie Mellon suggests that diverse teams are more likely to make successful pivots than their more homogenous peers. The research reveals that businesses established in dynamic environments tend to have a longer survival rate when their founding teams exhibit greater functional diversity.

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A List of Referrable Keynote Speakers and Topics to Consider for Your Next Conference

Great Results Team Building

So, following a successful program, during a break in the agenda, after leaving the stage and talking with many with conference attendees, I often find myself standing beside the organizer. Because most organizations don’t bring back the exact same speaker every year.

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Research Reveals The Extent Of Bias Among Managers

The Horizons Tracker

While diversity, equity, and inclusion have seldom been higher on the priority list of organizations, managers still exhibit a wide range of biases in the workplace. They scored lower than people working in more traditionally blue-collar jobs, like transportation.

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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. We’re also working to build equitable frameworks and values that our entire organization can stand on.

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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI): How to Establish a Human-Centric Approach

Experience to Lead

If organizations don’t learn to address AI’s ethical deficits, they may cause irreparable damage to people’s lives. In this article, we present ongoing challenges organizations face in regard to AI usage and offer practical tips to help businesses shape a better future. Diversity is a critical human component needed for AI development.

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Study: Smaller Teams Perform Better Than Bigger Teams

HR Digest

Cross-functional teams do better than specialist groups—counterintuitively, this holds even when the specialist group are finance professionals. Is it really more effective to have a dedicated team of individuals with the same specialty, or should we introduce greater diversity into the decision-making group?

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Want a productive workforce? Focus on employees’ well-being

HR Digest

As the pandemic rages on, schools reopen in fits and starts and a contentious political environment as the US election approaches, organizations can’t afford to pull back on meeting the well-being needs of their people if they want to be in position to recover faster. PwC Pulse Survey, September 3, 2020.