What's The Difference?

What You Will Learn: How Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake, recently told Bloomberg that the company’s focus should be on “merit” rather than achieving diversity goals How the scientific data shows us that an organization that has a diverse workforce paired with greater cultural competence performs better than their peers Why the statement that the focus should be on “merit” over “diversity goals” is implicitly saying that white men are more capable than women and ethnic minorities Sara defines the term “meritocracy” and explains why the meritocracy fallacy doesn’t stand up to logical scrutiny How only 1% of Fortune 500 CEOs are Black/African American, demonstrating that white CEOs are overrepresented in the Fortune 500 Why the meritocracy fallacy is based on false assumptions and ignores systemic and individual biases employees face Sara highlights key studies that demonstrate the very real problem of unconscious racial and gender biases in the hiring process How a study proved that white men with criminal r