As part of the program “Master yourself” organised by the university, David had the opportunity to attend the last workshop of this program on Diversity on the Workfloor. This workshop was held by the university’s own diversity office. 3 hours we had open and lively discussions about the topic of diversity, women at work and also all the different initiatives and the steps the university is already taking in these areas! The four identified areas for the university are
1. Attracting and retaining talent,
2. Fostering cultural change,
3. Making lifephase-friendly HR policies,
4. Strengtehning diversity competencies.
It was super interesting to see the different initiatives that are highlighted in this workshop and their implementation at the university. Beautiful to see that so much is being done to empower diversity and making the university international and open, so actually standing behind what they claim to be. But even here it became relevant again that there are things being done but that certain areas still need support. And not just from the diversity office, but from all of us. One of their latest achievements is changing the university flag. Have you seen it yet? It now proudly holds all the university colors but in a rainbow formation.
Lastly, an interesting question and statement was presented: Shouldn’t it be inclusivity management instead of diversity management?