Innovating for Diversity: Lessons from Top Companies Achieving Business Success Through Inclusivity - Hardcover

by Bertina Ceccarelli (Author), Susanne Tedrick (Author), Michael C. Bush (Foreword by)

Discover what business visionaries on the frontiers of diverse and equitable hiring are doing to drive change in their organizations

In Innovating for Diversity: Lessons from Top Companies That are Disrupting Old Practices to Achieve Inclusivity, Equity and Business Success, renowned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and tech specialists Bertina Ceccarelli and Susanne Tedrick reframe the DEI discussion and move it beyond a human resources issue. While it's well established that diverse teams help to advance innovation, the authors explain how principles of innovation can be applied to building highly effective and sustainable diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices embraced by executives across an organization.

You'll be inspired by leaders at top companies who identified root causes of limited DEI progress and created smart, bold solutions for increasing representation, developing future talent, and advancing the careers of people often overlooked.

In the book, you'll also find:

• Introductions to the people and companies who have innovated their approaches to diverse hiring, retention, and advancement, and enjoyed pronounced impact on their bottom lines
• Profiles of committed leaders driving the change towards a more diverse and inclusive workforce
• Strategies for breaking down the cultural and organizational barriers in companies that remain in place and prevent transformative change

A critical resource for senior-level business professionals, managers, and executives, Innovating for Diversity will also prove to be invaluable for people seeking to build their careers from the ground up.

Front Jacket

A creative approach that expands DEI from an HR and compliance discussion to a business-driven requirement

Discover inspirational stories from business leaders who have created smart, bold, and practical solutions to address limited DEI progress within their companies. Learn how, through the application of innovation principles, these top companies have been able to accelerate the hiring, retention and advancement of underrepresented talent, and ultimately, improve their bottom line.

Innovating for Diversity includes profiles of committed, forward-thinking leaders who are breaking down the barriers that impede transformation, and explores:

• Why commitment to DEI is essential during any economic cycle
• Strategies for successful DEI implementation across industry sectors
• Ways to rethink education, skilling, recruiting, and more
• How to operationalize culture change
• Advice for scaling DEI practices

This book is a must-read resource for senior business profes-sionals, managers, and executives!

Back Jacket

Actionable, inspiring strategies for successful DEI outcomes through innovation

Veteran DEI advocates Bertina Ceccarelli and Susanne Tedrick explain how the principles of innovation can be applied to build sustainable diversity, equity, and inclusion practices embraced at all levels across your organization.

Praise for Innovating for Diversity

"DEI is top of mind for virtually all executives regardless of the sector that they are leading in. This book highlights the key principles that are critical to success in any change effort: courage, leadership, collaboration, and trust. With compelling and detailed case studies, readers will learn how to put these principles into action."
--Jane Wei-Skillern, Senior Fellow, Center for Social Sector Leadership, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

"The ultimate reward for truly innovating to form more diverse teams is a culture of belonging, which is absolutely necessary for any company that wants dazzling performance. I was excited and inspired by the case studies that show how great leaders are shifting from just a compliance view of DE&I to building teams where everyone is motivated to be exponential."
--Earl Newsome, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Cummins and Co- Founder, TechPACT

"This timely, inspiring book holds a mirror to the business world, lifting the lid on poorly implemented DEI strategies and showing the pitfalls before guiding the way to success through examples, hard data and fresh ideas. The result is a powerful case for the courage and humility to lean into our humanity so we can reap the full benefits of more genuinely diverse, kinder, safer, more creative and more exciting workplaces."
--Peter Mousaferiadis, Founder and CEO, Cultural Infusions

Author Biography

BERTINA CECCARELLI is on a mission to advance racial and gender equity in the tech industry and disrupt the status quo to build a more inclusive workplace. As the CEO of NPower, one of the most successful non-profits in North America, she is committed to helping young adults and military-connected individuals launch tech careers and remove barriers to economic mobility. As a leader, she works to model an inclusive workplace, providing opportunities for growth at all levels.

SUSANNE TEDRICK is the author of Women of Color in Tech and is a cloud computing trainer for a Fortune 500 technology company. Fiercely committed to increasing the participation of women and people of color in STEM professional opportunities, Susanne has performed community service work for a number of non-profits, including serving as the former chair of the Advancing Tech Talent and Diversity Executive Council for CompTIA and as a coalition member for NPower's Command Shift initiative.