by James O. Rodgers | Jul 31, 2019 | Others
Faith is often used by agnostics as a term of abuse. It is taken to mean blind credulity which accepts dogmas and creeds without question, repeating parrot-like slogans and closing our ears to doubt and reason. Such faith is composed of laziness, obstinacy, ignorance,...
by James O. Rodgers | Jul 31, 2019 | Deliberate Diversity
Often, diversity is simply defined as a social issue. When most people hear the word “diversity” they immediately think of affirmative action, the Equal Opportunities Commission or gender equality. We hear others talk about diversity and we think to ourselves, “These...
by James O. Rodgers | Jul 31, 2019 | Deliberate Diversity
I learned very early on in my career that business people face two kinds of issues: problems and facts of life. Problems are solvable. As business people, we attack them. We invent solutions and follow through by executing a plan of action. Facts of life, on the other...
by James O. Rodgers | Jul 31, 2019 | Deliberate Diversity
Most people think of diversity management as a fancy term for analyzing and managing the demographic makeup of a company. This is an outdated approach to thinking about diversity. Instead, we need to think about diversity management as a new technology that can help...
by James O. Rodgers | Jul 31, 2019 | Deliberate Diversity
I encourage people to use, as a measure of success in all diversity work, the same measures that are used for business in general. A quality product, delivered on time, is always the measure in manufacturing. These are the same measures we look at when we talk about...
