For me, the lesson needs to be to seek depth where something seems disagreeable but has vagueness, especially ideological labeling. I wish that was a realistic ask for all people. It has made me change my opinions a lot over the years as I’ve learned more—not necessarily dramatically, but it has tempered them with nuance.
This indeed is a really good takeaway, but I think we also need to at least try and make messaging clearer for those that are not going to. For example, many companies have statements of commitment to DEI on their webpages, but rarely what it does and more importantly doesn’t include.
As far as company material, at least public facing, you’re entirely correct. It’s almost exclusively corporate speak rather than anything useful. That’s not unique to DEI, though, and convincing corporations to make their public HR content more exact when they’re not quoting the law is unfortunately pissing up a rope.
This indeed is a really good takeaway, but I think we also need to at least try and make messaging clearer for those that are not going to. For example, many companies have statements of commitment to DEI on their webpages, but rarely what it does and more importantly doesn’t include.
As far as company material, at least public facing, you’re entirely correct. It’s almost exclusively corporate speak rather than anything useful. That’s not unique to DEI, though, and convincing corporations to make their public HR content more exact when they’re not quoting the law is unfortunately pissing up a rope.
Yeah, this