Jobs and the Future of Work
Take the Meritocracy Stress Test to find out the truth about diversity in your company
• The Meritocracy Stress Test does for equality what the bank stress test did for liquidity.
Laura Liswood
Background spanning corporate, government and civil society roles; brings a multi stakeholder approach and broad perspective of the role of business in promoting an inclusive society both internally and in the broader community. With 16 years of experience advising diversity at Goldman Sachs, as well as extensive background in leadership as the Secretary-General of the Council of Women World Leaders, she is an expert on the importance of inclusion and diversity in the workplace. Author of “The Loudest Duck”, and "The Elephant and the Mouse" (Wiley) on how to ensure a fair and level playing field for anyone working to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization.
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Health and Healthcare Systems
4 opportunities to open up on diversity after the coronavirus
• A range of cognitive diversity will help businesses navigate unprecedented crisis.
Jobs and the Future of Work
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Jobs and the Future of Work
3 reasons why business leaders can't afford to ignore diversity
Much has been written about the importance and value of diversity. Diversity provides multiple perspectives and experiences (gender, ethnicity, cultural background and various acquired sk...
Nature and Biodiversity
Women’s voices must be heard in the battle to save the ocean
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 14 is focused on the effort to conserve and sustain the world’s oceans, seas and marine resources. It is an essential goal for the life of...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
To hope or doubt? The state of women’s progress in the world
I often invoke the words of United States abolitionist Frederick Douglass when asked about the state of women’s progress globally: “there is no progress without struggle”.
Economic Growth
Here's why gender equality is taking so long
The World Economic Forum estimates gender parity globally may now be over 170 years away. Previously they estimated an 80-year time, then it was 120 years. It keeps slowing down. The Foru...
Economic Growth
Women's rights have gone into reverse. But wait, look who’s driving
The movement to advance women’s development and equality is going through a stress test. The forces in today’s world that are eroding women’s advancement challenge us to consider whether ...
Geo-Economics and Politics
Why didn't the United States elect a female president?
It was supposed to be the day America would catch up with history and the rest of the world. Finally, the US would elect its first woman president.
Jobs and the Future of Work
Work stress: why women have it worse than men
Economic Growth
Video: Three ways to get more women into power
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
How men and women see gender equality differently
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Video: Laura Liswood on what’s needed to achieve gender parity
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Seven reasons your board may be more sexist than you think
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion