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March 3, 2020

What If Workplace Diversity Is A Scam?

What is Diversity is just a scam, another fad to waste our time and our money What if we’ve got all wrong? Get your pen and paper ready because before we talk about if Diversity is a scam I think it’s time we talked about a phenomenon that I’ve observed on social media, especially Linkedin that I think is starting to cause more harm than good when it comes to creating an inclusive workplace. In todays show we discuss several things including:

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  • The phenomenon undermining our goal of an inclusive workplace
  • The reasons why Diversity looks like a 'scam'
  • How you can avoid making Diversity look like a 'scam'
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