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Gender Responsive Measures towards parity amidst the pandemic: Exploring UNDP COVID 19 Gender Tracker

Written by Anju Rakesh & Athira Premarajan As per the latest update in the WHO Covid-19 Dashboard, over 176 million Covid cases have been reported across the globe. In over 1.5 years of its impact, it has disrupted lives and challenged the sustainability of all things known to humans. As termed by Oxfam Report, the […]

June 22, 2021

Juneteenth – A relevant holiday

Written by Rashmi Ravindran June 19th has been declared as a federal holiday in the US – a step that is being lauded by the world as historic. The day is called Juneteenth or Emancipation Day. It is to commemorate the day that the “Slaves” were set free on June 19th, 1865 after the American […]

June 19, 2021

Changing Paradigms and Business Landscape -5 lessons on Inclusion from Women Entrepreneurs in India

Written by Anju Rakesh & Athira Premarajan Realizing aspirations is one journey. Indeed, a long one. In India, the aspect of women in the workforce has always been a concern. Even in this 74th year of independence, it is unfortunate that in one of the largest economies in the world, an unstructured process prevails towards […]

June 18, 2021

A rainbow of ideas and reflections

Written by Janani Sampath About the author: Parmesh Shahani is a passionate advocate for LGBTQ inclusion and the co-founder of Godrej India’s Culture Lab that ignites conversations about contemporary India. His first book ‘Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be) Longing in Contemporary India (Sage Publications)’ was released in 2008, and its updated version was re-published […]

June 15, 2021

Changing the Narrative- Review of Best Practices on LGBTQ+ Inclusion at India’s Most Inclusive Companies

Written by Anju Rakesh & Athira Premarajan Futuristic organizations prefer to have a robust team that embraces diverse mindsets and identities, including that of gender, sexual orientation, and physical capabilities. Corporate leaders and HR professionals in these organizations, are on a mission to make their work culture inclusive of diversity talent, the inclusion of LGBTQ+ […]

June 11, 2021

Eight books to read during Pride Month

Written by Nisha Chandran and Manasa Sai When explaining this story of Covid – 19 pandemic and its impact to our future generations, we can proudly call ourselves “The Survivors of the Covid Era”, and perhaps publish a book on it. On the same subject of books, June being the pride month is the best […]

June 8, 2021

Aligning Workplace Policies to DEI: The Way Forward for Talent Management

Written by Anju Rakesh & Lalita Tata “A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone.” — Sundar Pichai Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is no longer a buzzword in this VUCA world. In this fast-paced world, it is a priority for futuristic organizations. Business leaders, the world over, are realizing […]

June 4, 2021

Celebrating Pride month, the virtual way

Written by Nisha Chandran & Manasa Sai Despite the second wave of pandemic, June brings with us the optimism and positivity of yet another Pride Month. And as always, Pride month is filled with possibilities – possibilities of hope, cheer, inclusion, compassion, respect and empathy. History Of Pride month Going back to trace the history, […]

June 1, 2021

Employee Resilience: How organizations can empower a resilient mind-set

Written by Nisha Chandran & Manasa Sai Resilience is an individual’s ability to bounce back quickly in times of stress or crisis. Sometimes, resilience is equated with mental toughness, whereas in reality resilience includes working through emotional pain and suffering. It involves developing thoughts, behaviors, and actions that allows one to recover from traumatic or […]

May 28, 2021

Why DEI is gaining all the more significance during COVID?

Written by Bhavani Balasubramanian While the pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works for many businesses, it has turned out to be a catalyst for interventions in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) space. Covid-19 has unveiled the potential to accelerate the pace of DEI with an increase in efforts headed by compassionate and […]

May 27, 2021