Can D&I be apolitical?
From D&I Digest by Teagan Robinson-Bell and Henry Fairnington
February 20, 2025 · 43 min · Season 2 · Episode 2
About this episode
Teagan and Henry discuss the politicization of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
In this episode of D&I Digest, Teagan and Henry take on politics, and how we approach ideas of diversity and inclusion being politicised. It's a big, heavy topic and we bring up some potentially sensitive points, so please take care of yourselves when listening. The articles we use are: 'This is one thing Marc Andreessen says you shouldn’t do at work' ''We don’t have a political button we can flick on and off’: Business leaders rally behind maintaining open dialogue at work for DEI progre...
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Hosts: Teagan Robinson-Bell, Henry Fairnington
Topics covered
- diversity
- inclusion
- politics
- workplace dialogue
- DEI
Keywords
- diversity
- inclusion
- politics
- workplace
- DEI
- dialogue
- sensitivity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: This is one thing Marc Andreessen says you shouldn’t do at work, We don’t have a political button we can flick on and off’: Business leaders rally behind maintaining open dialogue at work for DEI progress
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