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How Investing in DEI Helps Companies Become More Adaptable

When companies successfully implement DEI policies and practices, they also improve their ability to change.

By David Michels, Kevin Murphy, and Karthik Venkataraman

First published on Μαΐου 05, 2023
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This article originally appeared on HBR.org. In the years since, amidst ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, a growing number of companies have been drawn to the idea of systematically building their organizational change power. To help them, we’ve sought to learn more about the underlying drivers of change power, and in doing so we’ve discovered a strong connection to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Among companies that Glassdoor has given the highest DEI scores, change power is 80% higher than other companies. To learn more about this fascinating intersection, we looked at how companies with strong change power and DEI developed those capacities, what impact those strengths have had on performance and results, and how DEI and change power can build on each other. *Read the full article on HBR.org* (subscription may be required).**

This article originally appeared on HBR.org.

In the years since, amidst ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, a growing number of companies have been drawn to the idea of systematically building their organizational change power. To help them, we’ve sought to learn more about the underlying drivers of change power, and in doing so we’ve discovered a strong connection to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Among companies that Glassdoor has given the highest DEI scores, change power is 80% higher than other companies.

To learn more about this fascinating intersection, we looked at how companies with strong change power and DEI developed those capacities, what impact those strengths have had on performance and results, and how DEI and change power can build on each other.

Read the full article on HBR.org (subscription may be required).