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My latest for @HdxAcademy looks at the empirical literature on how and why diversity training -- as typically carried out-- does *not* work (i.e. achieve its stated objectives) in order to sketch out a roadmap of what might work better: https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/diversity-training-doesnt-work-this-might/
Particularly, training should be:
- Indexed to concrete organizational roles, tasks and goals
- Integrated into general development training
- Focused on general cognitive and behavioral tendencies
- Focused on managing conflict rather than avoiding it https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/diversity-training-doesnt-work-this-might/
- Indexed to concrete organizational roles, tasks and goals
- Integrated into general development training
- Focused on general cognitive and behavioral tendencies
- Focused on managing conflict rather than avoiding it https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/diversity-training-doesnt-work-this-might/
For the reference, my previous article, surveying the empirical literature on the (in) effectiveness of diversity-related training is available here: https://musaalgharbi.com/2020/09/16/diversity-important-related-training-terrible/
In a nutshell, the training, as typically carried out, is generally ineffective, often counterproductive
In a nutshell, the training, as typically carried out, is generally ineffective, often counterproductive
But as @JonHaidt recently put it, "You can't beat something with nothing." https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/five-years-of-challenging-orthodoxies-reflections-on-challenges-and-opportunities-ahead/
A far more urgent task than harping on how the prevailing approach doesn't work is to think through what might.
A far more urgent task than harping on how the prevailing approach doesn't work is to think through what might.
Fortunately, the very literature explaining what is typically *in* effective (and why) provides a tentative roadmap on what could work better: https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/diversity-training-doesnt-work-this-might/
After all, there are real organizational needs diversity-related training is supposed to help meet.
After all, there are real organizational needs diversity-related training is supposed to help meet.
