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Episode 13 After nearly 20 years of efforts to embrace diversity in the workplace, many practitioners, organizational leaders and employees feel disheartened by what is often considered “the same old approach.” How do we deepen the conversation and strategies for promoting inclusiveness within organizations? Why are so many approaches to training and strategy recycled or “one size fits all?” Is there really anything new to address? How do we innovate our approaches so that they are strategic, current and effective? These and many other questions are addressed on this episode of Diversity Matters Co-hosts Richard Friend and Judy Seidenstein discuss cutting edge approaches for deepening the discussion and efforts to promote inclusiveness in the workplace with Mary Harlan, principal of Harlan Consulting and Bonnie Roelofs of Shell Oil Company. Harlan and Roelof’s program Never Again? uses tours of the Holocaust Memorial Museum to engage participants in an examination of the role of moral courage and integrity as they relate to leadership and diversity in the workplace. Their innovative approach to intercultural work provides “westerners” a visceral experience of “eastern” culture and a way to assess the limitations and possibilities of different cultural norms. These and other cutting edge approaches are discussed in this episode of Diversity Matters
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