by TomorrowToday Global | Sep 4, 2006 | Diversity
While watching the first episode of Survivor South Africa last night, Sam and I wondered how the series would differ from the US version and whether we’d see a distinctly South African flavour come out of the tried and tested Survivor script and screenplay. At...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 9, 2006 | Diversity
The joke goes that the easiest person for a personnel agency to place in South Africa these days is a disabled, lesbian black woman with tertiary qualifications. Not a very good joke, I’ll grant you, but indicative of the struggle to rectify the imbalances of...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 7, 2006 | Archive, Diversity
Pardon me for a parochial comment (about cricket and about South Africa), but this caught my eye… Dean Jones, the former Australia Test batsman turned TV commentator, has been sacked by his employers, Ten Sports, after calling Hashim Amla a...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 10, 2006 | Diversity
Diversity interventions in the workplace – is it relevant? Yes, it’s so hot right now. What is diversity? No need for it – South Africans understand diversity.
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 6, 2006 | Archive, Diversity
Last week, the USA Supreme Court ruled on the matter of Burlington Northern v. White, a sexual discrimination case. Basically, the woman involved had been verbally harassed by a male supervisor in front of her all male colleagues. When she ultimately complained, he...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 5, 2006 | Archive, Diversity, Organisational Development
A small little filler in the BusinessWeek magazine, 29 May 2006 edition, caught my eye. It is about what different people want in the physical layout of their offices. Interesting read: What Do Men Want? A Thermostat By Elizabeth Woyke To build a better work space,...
