Human-Machine Diversity: Ensuring That Tech is Inclusive
Artificial intelligence and robotics certainly aren’t brand new technological developments. However, their use in business and industry is steadily growing year over year. Much of this growth has been driven by the labor market issues caused by COVID-19 and the Great Resignation; they’re powerful catalysts. Machines are increasingly performing common tasks like vacuuming floors, answering customer phone calls, serving as digital personal assistants, delivering packages and ev
Stan Lee Explains Beauty of Spider-Man Suit: Let’s Be Inclusive
What do Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire all have in common? Probably a fair amount, actually, but for the purposes of this blog, two traits in particular are noteworthy: all three are white; and all three have played the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man on the big screen. Father of Marvel Comics Supports Diversity The lack of diversity in the casting for this character is, perhaps, not terribly surprising considering Spider-Man’s alter ego Peter Parker is, in
Hollywood Provides a Real-World Lesson in the Value of I&D
We’ve long espoused our sincere belief that inclusion and diversity (I&D, and we put the I first purposefully) are not simply feel-good, soft goals for organizations to pursue if they have extra time and resources or simply for a PR bump. I&D are real business imperaties and have a direct impact on a company’s bottom line for multiple reasons, including increased productivity, improved recruitment and retention, and a better understanding of diverse markets. Despite the insis
