Tag: Diversity

Company leaders need to reimagine the business case for diversity, dig deeper and focus on the systems and power structures within their organizations that elevate one group of people and diminishes another. This is hard work. It requires self-examination to understand our own biases and how we contribute to the systemic issues that exist...

The summer of 2020 felt like a historical turning point. As the pandemic continues to unravel across the region and disrupt every aspect of society, from workplaces to education, the unprecedented support for the Black Lives Matter movement in Europe offered a glimpse of hope...

APCO’s Drake Brown shares his reflections on growing up as a Black man in American and steps companies and people need to take to have a worthwhile discussion about D&I...

2020 has shown that we must celebrate the good things, and perhaps as important, we must directly address the challenges. This means we have to be comfortable with having difficult conversations. ..

Procurement optimization can add immense value to your business, and in an evolving social landscape, procurement organizations are starting to diversify their suppliers. Here are three important factors for diverse suppliers to keep in mind when forming relationships and negotiating with procurement officers...

As the calendar ticks to July, it doesn’t mean we pause and wait till next June to both celebrate and protest. If anything, we need to love and fight and protect and promote outside those calendar moments, and we can only be buttressed with the support of brands and companies who make no judgment and refuse to tolerate hate and discrimination...