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Understanding the Difference Between Value and Price
In the realm of finance and business, the terms "value" and "price" are often used...
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“We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
We already know successful business owners are accustomed to pivoting their product or service according to the tides of consumer demands. COVID-19 proved this. But what many business owners may not be so familiar with is pivoting to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse labour pool, in order to achieve the same level of success.
All the world’s a stage but that doesn’t mean people want a performance
Performative allyship is especially insidious because it can be incredibly difficult to identify and address. The kind of workplace engaged in this performance is almost certainly seeing high rates of attrition from underrepresented employees who feel powerless to do anything about the unfair and unequal treatment they experience. Learn about the difference between good and bad allyship, why your people care and why you should too.
All the goldfish are better than one when it comes to community design.
“Goldfish don’t see water. Goldfish see what’s in the water, they see what’s refracted through the water, but I assume… that goldfish don’t see the water itself. And yet there it is. It’s their environment… It shapes everything they do and everything they see. But they don’t see it.”
Thinking about ways to improve your brand? We recommend looking at your list of suppliers.
When a government, community, or organization commits to diverse supplier initiatives, they gain access to new products and services, enhance market competition, create and maintain local job creation, support innovation, and create opportunities for underrepresented groups. They also score big with consumers.
Can you see the forest for the trees?
In this economy, how many successful companies do we hear boasting about being staunchly unwilling to adapt? In the wake of COVID, the notion sounds absurd but it’s more common than you might think.
The Higher They Rise
From being ostracized or penalized because of success or achievements, to being told their ambition is annoying or makes superiors look bad, women are actively being punished for expressing interest in and pursuing success.
