What is Diversity and Inclusion?

Brian Ka Chan
Diversity.Social
Published in
7 min readJul 17, 2020

The Absolute Ultimate Guide to Diversity & Inclusion in 2020

Defining Diversity & Inclusion

All Types of Diversity

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Diversity covers board domains across many areas. Here are some of the most popular types of diversity

The Importance of Diversity in the workplace

Diversity can bring many benefits to society, the workplace, and communities. Before you can do anything about it, you should learn about the many reasons why diversity is important to you, your organizations, and even your customers.

  1. Opening up Productivity power
  2. Reduce Discriminations and Racism
  3. More Colorful life experience
  4. Building a more balanced world
  5. Inviting more investments
  6. More creativities and ideas

Diversity Program and Strategy in the workplace

Now, after you understand the importance of Diversity and Inclusion, you should define your goals and objectives about diversity.

Diversity Training

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Do you think you can execute all your D&I strategy and program on your own? of course not. You will need helps and you need to train your leaders and staff.

Diversity Recruiting

Diversity Staffing and Hiring Best Practices

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Where to Post and Find good Diversity Jobs?

We have collected and selected a list of top recruiting job boards for Diversity and inclusion. Many companies and organizations that value EDI would post on these site.

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Suggested Reading for Race and Racism

There are too many great books about racism, anti-racism, or black lives matter. I have selected a few that you may be interested in. Enjoy!

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Brian Ka Chan
Diversity.Social

Technology Strategist, AI Researcher, Human Rights Advocate, High-Impact Philanthropist