In the wise words of Claudia Brind-Woody, vice president and managing director of intellectual property at IBM, “Inclusivity means not ‘just we’re allowed to be there,’ but we are valued. I’ve always said: smart teams will do amazing things, but truly diverse teams will do impossible things.”
So what does that look like in the workplace, and even further, in the flooring retail space? We’ve taken three general tools for successful diversity, equity and inclusion, provided by Bonnie Mayfield, chair, Dykema Gossett PLLC in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and applied them to our industry.