DEI is dead. To profit is the new orange!
Pablo Barros
Growth Strategist at Growth Division / Startup mentor at Growth Squared, Growthmentor and StartOut program / Labelmate at Label Sessions / Founder at Belonging Within
No one should discuss politics here at Linkedin, where we talk just about work and our wonderful, endless, challenging corporate life.?
Well, work has always been related to politics, whether we like it or not. Our economic system has always been about the primary purposes of institutions, organisations, and nations: who runs the machine, who decides what matters, and who profits from substantial results.?
Those who believe that politics has nothing to do with the work sphere are those who are not profiting with major results or are just so alienated that they can't anymore see a bigger perspective beyond their paycheck, what they will be spending 70% on things that will kill them, distract them from reality or both.?
Stay safe in our self-centred, comfortable, and privileged places, apoliticals. This is part of the plan designed for those who don't decide anything beyond their backyard. And preferably, don't question it or talk much about either. It's better to go for a post-morning workout routine at the company distress lounge instead.
Some countries are rather businesslike. Let's not name any in particular; the facts speak for themselves. To profit has always been the end goal. And since ever, who controls the money can decide what matters. And vice versa.?
Some great DEI programs were created at organisations, companies, and countries, and very competent and engaged people worked on them, with the agreement of who decided and who ran the money at that particular time. Or they happened just because those competent and engaged people fought a lot, a lot, to make them a reality, despite all adversities—or both cases.
What was the goal: to really promote diversity, equity and inclusion? To look better? to earn more profit at the end? To distress high potential risks? To unite society and create empathy somehow? To implement fairer models? Yes, for those and many other possible reasons in exponentially different situations.
The fact is that NOW it's the exact moment of truth in a world where fake information and minority disrespect are becoming the rule.?
Now is the time to ask for proof of commitment from corporations, organisations, and political leaders we should also support.?
Do those who care beyond profits, image, and power exist? Can we name them? Please sign here, Mr. Ms …
What a wonderful time to do a reality check!
Oh, but if I can't sell to "some" governments anymore, I'll be punished for it. Well, life is about choices—sometimes very complex choices, my dear leader.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are dead for those who never care about what they mean.
Who, leaders and organisations, should we challenge to sign it up?
Would you sign??
What are movements and organisations asking the same questions?
What are the conditions to prove the true commitment?
These are not simple questions, but if they weren't true, they were never about DEI, simple as that.?
Let's call this # true is the new DEI.?
The same DEI, without masks
What do you think about it my friends?? Solitaire Townsend KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz Ed Charvet Lucy Griffiths Thomas Kolster Rodrigo V Cunha Chris Coulter Marina Freitas Grossi Raphael Bemporad Leandro Herrera Max Petrucci andréa de lima?? James Payne Raymond Hannes Jaron Soh Jacqueline van den Ende Ben Stokes Tristan Gillen Sam Eshrati Raina Saboo Todd Chambers Fatima Cardoso André Alves Kris Jack, PhD?? Hugo Bethlem Hugo Menino Aguiar Pedro Waengertner
Ps.?
If you think diversity, equality, and inclusion have nothing to do with you, it's always good to look back and understand how humanity keeps operating similarly. The past also informs the future because the circumstances might change, but human nature keeps being quite the same:?
"First of all, they came to take the gypsies
and I was happy because they pilfered.
Then they came to take the Jews and I said nothing,?
because they were unpleasant to me.
Then they came to take homosexuals,
and I was relieved, because they were annoying me.
Then they came to take the Communists,
and I said nothing because I was not a Communist.
One day they came to take me,
and there was nobody left to protest."
Bertold Brecht, inspired by Emil Gustav Friedrich Martin Niem?ller
Growth Strategist at Growth Division / Startup mentor at Growth Squared, Growthmentor and StartOut program / Labelmate at Label Sessions / Founder at Belonging Within
1 周Yes, Hugo Bethlem I agree. But it’s a good turning point to separate the surfers from those leaders with clear visions and commitment to diversity. But it’s not a simple game. Let’s stay tuned.
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1 周Pablo Barros how can something die if it was never born? Those leaders and companies that are killing the DEI programs, never really cared about it. Many companies decided to "surf" the wave and created DEI programs that were just window dressing, without any real interest in making them work. At the other extreme are companies that invested a lot of money in this process, also with promises of very ambitious goals, and that instead of creating an inclusive business environment, created more inequality. No one can manage a high-performance company without having a diverse and integrated team.
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2 周I’m perplexed. Data shows diversity increases the bottom line. The Broligarch think with their wallets - so why aren’t they putting 2 + 2 together to make = 4/profit?
Mr. Goodvertising - author, marketing & sustainability advisor, international keynote speaker +80 countries
2 周Think profit has always been the primary goal - and it is possible to profit well from DEI as studies again and again showcase. DEI (and the climate movement) is an unstoppable river - so poor folks trying to build a dam and look back towards darker times
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2 周Tough times, my friends. We will keep doing the same and improving it, in fact.