Diversity and inclusion

Standardization has been a powerful strategy in consumer markets, but it's reached the point of diminishing returns. And diversity is not the only chink...

Just because leadership feedback is positive doesn't mean it's helpful.

Even in engineering, competence alone isn't enough.

I was just a year out of college, and interviewing for a sales assistant position at PaineWebber. One of my prospective bosses offered me $24,000. I countered...

Network groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it.

A framework to help you understand the backlash and stay true to your values.

A new feature on LinkedIn represents a cultural shift. But it’s just the start.

Why have women failed to achieve parity with men in the workplace? Contrary to popular belief, it's not because women prioritize their families over their...

The former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, whose life journey began in a Manhattan tenement, is an outspoken champion of inclusive capitalism and racial equity--themes...

Surprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on.

People under 40 account for 79% of spending on luxury goods and services in China.

There is no “right way” to come out as LGBTQIA+ work — it’s a deeply personal decision.

Working parenthood was hard before Covid-19--now it's an all-out crisis. In "A Way Forward for Working Parents," Daisy Dowling argues that it's time to...

Cohesion comes from shared values.

Business leaders of previous generations would envy today's low job-hopping rates.

Temple Grandin on how to harness different kinds of thinking for creativity, problem-solving, and innovation.

This year is a demographic watershed, a critical juncture for both individuals and employers. This is the year the first Boomers are officially eligible to retire. Whether you as an individual should retire when your time comes and whether, as a corporate leader, should fight to hold on to the Boomers in your midst are […]

Midcareer employees and managers, who should be at their peak of productivity, are the most disaffected segment of the workforce. Companies need to find ways to rekindle the fires of this vast, neglected group of people—or risk losing them altogether.

Gender and age trends are redefining the “standard” career trajectory.

A rookie learns the costs of being exceptional.

In 2023, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV leadership faced a developing crisis in the United States after conservative backlash to a Bud Light promotional campaign...

According to her managers, Laura is an "ideal female employee." Depicts her life and provides a log of how she spends her time. This is a rewritten version...

Flying J was a family-owned company that operated travel plazas, oil refineries, a bank for trucking companies, and other related businesses. In early...

The Packet Design case looks at successful serial entrepreneur Judy Estrin and her efforts to build a technology incubator immediately before the Internet...

Villy Wang founded BAYCAT in 2004 with the ambitious mission of ending inequality and racism through powerful storytelling. To accomplish that mission,...

Women of Worth (WOW) is an organization that seeks to empower women through training and workshops. The organization has also fought against discrimination...

Second Place Winner; 2022 DEI Global Case Writing Competition. This case features a high-performing employee, Fatima Hassan, with an invisible disability...

This case is about a manufacturer of textile products in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1991 by Jitka Entlichová and her husband Milan Fiedler, EnFi manufactured...

Describes how Joline Godfrey, an intrapreneur at the Polaroid Corp., introduced and developed a project that could help Polaroid move to a more service-...

Burro was a growing start-up in Ghana with a mission to provide "tools for a better life" to Ghanaians by distributing products that addressed local needs....

In 2006, the Cleveland Clinic and Mubadala Investment Company partnered with a bold ambition to deliver world class healthcare in the United Arab Emirates....

In 1993, Nuria Chinchilla had recently completed her doctoral thesis at IESE Business School in Barcelona, on the topic of organizational turnover, with...

Supplement to case KE1110 This case series describes the startup of Farm to School of Park County, an emerging nonprofit organization in the US state...

Supplements the (A) case.

Chronicles the growth and development of women's professional basketball. Particular emphasis is on the impact of Title IX, the 1996 women's gold medal...

In the 1980s, the true effects of 100 years of asbestos mining in South Africa became apparent, as thousands of former miners and those who lived in the...

This series of eight short two-part cases ("caselets") is written to highlight some of the most challenging and potentially destabilising moments in everyday...

In January 2012, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) Corporation's chief executive officer resigned after two major breakdowns on the North-South Line...

This case introduces Schneider Electric's 15-year-long exploration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), aimed at providing "equal opportunities...

The manager of a large meatpacking factory has agreed to the request of his 100-plus Muslim workers who have asked to take breaks at sunset to properly...

Standardization has been a powerful strategy in consumer markets, but it's reached the point of diminishing returns. And diversity is not the only chink...

Just because leadership feedback is positive doesn't mean it's helpful.

Even in engineering, competence alone isn't enough.

I was just a year out of college, and interviewing for a sales assistant position at PaineWebber. One of my prospective bosses offered me $24,000. I countered...

Network groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it.

A framework to help you understand the backlash and stay true to your values.

A new feature on LinkedIn represents a cultural shift. But it’s just the start.

Why have women failed to achieve parity with men in the workplace? Contrary to popular belief, it's not because women prioritize their families over their...

The former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, whose life journey began in a Manhattan tenement, is an outspoken champion of inclusive capitalism and racial equity--themes...

Surprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on.