DE&I
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 20, 2022 by Jack Somers · across every show →
Everything said about DE&I, oldest first
Oct 20, 2022
Sommers: IR+M Paid 'Lip Service' to DEI Until George Floyd's Murder
“I think about DE and I, we talked about it. It was pretty close to lip service, and it really took the George Floyd incident for us to make a much more significant commitment to getting after it. And it's going to be a long game, and it's hard, but it's good. …”
Jun 10, 2024 negative
Traditional executive search reshuffles rather than expands the diversity candidate pool
“They go look at people that have run healthcare software companies for 20 years, and so the DE&I battle was won or lost 20 years ago. Now, you could tell them, okay, we want that to be a minority or a woman, but they're not increasing the pool, they're just mo…”