• How Sandoz International Is Advancing Gender Equality

Sandoz International is in the midst of a years-long effort to increase its gender diversity, and finding success. Here’s what’s working and what other firms can learn from Sandoz’s efforts.

• STEM_Why - And How - To Apply STEM Solutions In A World Of VUCA

Our volatile, uncertain world needs staff with the innovative, STEM-based skills to rapidly adapt. Understanding the reasons STEM is the solution and taking guidance from industry leaders will help companies of all sizes compete.

• Optimizing Disabled Talent and Skills for a Competitive Advantage Takes Commitment from the Top

Employees with disabilities have unique skills and perspectives on managing tasks. Their creativity is a source of innovation for a broader market strategy.

• Financialization Impacts on Economic Equality

Financialization Impacts on Economic EqualityFinancialization is a trend in which risky financial markets, rather than just financial institutions, make up a significant percent of GDP. Analysts believe this trend is contributing to growing economic inequality.

• Brand Partnerships Take a New Turn in the Future

Brand Partnerships Take a New Turn in the FutureBrand partnerships have traditionally been characterized by two or more companies selling similar products. Along came millennials and technology, and the result is a business future filled with brand partnerships comprised of businesses selling very d...

• Indigenous Peoples (Finally) Have Equal Voice in Canada’s Conservation Efforts

Indigenous Peoples (Finally) Have Equal Voice in Canada’s Conservation Efforts.Something very special is happening in Canada in the area of conservation – the convergence of indigenous stewardship and reconciliation. The indigenous peoples have taken a seat at the table with an equal voice to protec...

• Developing an Inclusive Culture for the Disabled

True inclusive cultures embrace everyone, including the disabled. Developing an inclusive culture for the disabled begins with adopting the disability attitude.

• How to Increase Capacity in the Work Day

How to Increase Capacity in the Work DayWorking more efficiently, wasting less time, and being highly organized are three keys to a successful business. These are things that most small business owners and women- and minority-owned businesses will learn as they gain experience in running a business.

• The Modern Biases Keeping Women Away From Stem Fields

The Modern Biases Keeping Women Away From Stem FieldsDespite many of the blatant barriers and biases being removed from STEM fields, the number of women in STEM remains low. What are some of the next-level biases that still need to be addressed, and how can this bias be overcome?It’s hard to argue ...

• New Programs Enhance STEM Pipeline for Organizations Targeting Indigenous Youth

New Programs Enhance STEM Pipeline for Organizations Targeting Indigenous YouthFresh, hands-on initiatives are reaching further north and into new communities to bring indigenous youth into the STEM-based career pipeline.

• Engaging the Workforce in the Global Business Services Model

Engaging the Workforce in the Global Business Services ModelMoving to a Global Business Services model is a natural progression from siloed shared services and outsourcing to a framework supportive of continuous change. It requires a collaborative culture and supportive resources.

• Why 2021 Should Be The Year Employers Commit To Closing The Racial Wage Gap

Equality and racial justice are a part of the national conversation like never before, with the hope of real change ahead. One key area employers can use to demonstrate their sincerity and make a lasting difference is closing the racial wage gap.

• Conquering Discomfort… Working with the “Very Able” Disabled

The development of more inclusive workplaces means there are more disabled people working. It’s time to train staff uncomfortable around the disabled to help them conquer anxieties.

• Disability Inclusion to Improve Supply Chain Performance

Disability Inclusion to Improve Supply Chain PerformanceIt takes internal support for people with disabilities as key contributors to competitive success to successfully include disabled entrepreneurs in the supply chain.

• Putting The Seven Marketing Keys Into Practice

Putting The Seven Marketing Keys Into PracticeFor minority businesses, it’s not enough to simply exist. The “build it and they will come” campaign last worked successfully for the movie Field of Dreams. In reality, no one will know that you’re there or what you can do for them without smart market...

• Creating Sustainable Corporate Startup Incubators: 4 Lessons From Canada’s Federal Programs

The strong emphasis on bringing more incubators and business accelerators to life will only last if Canada’s businesses are willing to learn from experiments in the public federal level.Business accelerators and start up incubators have been a major funding initiative of the Canadian government thro...

• Disability Works … in the Supply Chain

Inclusion is a principle that should embrace every aspect of a business – culture, policies and practices, talent recruiting and management, and general operations. Today, there is also increasing focus on disability inclusion in the supply chain.

• Joint Ventures, Teaming Agreements, and Strategic Alliances

Joint Ventures, Teaming Agreements, and Strategic Alliances- by Shaniqua ThomasWhat is a Teaming Agreement? When two or more companies combine resources to bid on a government contract, it is known as a ‘teaming agreement.’ Usually, a teaming agreement is composed of a large corporation and one or ...

• Do You Sleep Away Your Work Day?

Do You Sleep Away Your Work Day?In the recipe for success one often finds that the ingredient most needed is left out, or thought of as unimportant. The idea of rest is foreign to most busy small business owners, minority- and women-owned enterprises (MWBE) and inevitably often results in several ty...

• Creating Opportunities for People With Disabilities for Operating Success

People with disabilities can enhance organizational operating success, strengthen a culture of inclusion, and bring new perspectives to product designs and marketing. So why are so few of them still able to find employment?

• Why – And How – To Apply STEM Solutions In A World Of VUCA

Our volatile, uncertain world needs staff with the innovative, STEM-based skills to rapidly adapt. Understanding the reasons STEM is the solution and taking guidance from industry leaders will help companies of all sizes compete.

• European Diversity Charters Ask for Voluntary Commitment to Change

Diversity charters are bringing about the changes that laws alone have been unable to accomplish. - By Jill Motley

• The Loud Voice of Voting

The Loud Voice of VotingYou may have forgotten that people of color were actually given the right to vote in 1870 when the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed. It says in essence that no one can be denied the right to vote on account of “…race, color, or previous condition of servitude…” U...

• The Broad Perspective on Workplace Accessibility

Workplace accessibility is a principle encompassing everything from the physical layout to HR practices. Most importantly, accessibility must rest on a foundation of an inclusive culture.