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9 Must-Watch Movies That Celebrate Diversity

With the annual pride month behind us, diversity is bound to take the proverbial backseat, once again. However, for leaders who wish to build an inclusive workplace culture need to embrace and celebrate diversity throughout the year. But what does diversity at the workplace place mean? Is it just hiring women employees? Or is it about celebrating the team members who belong to the LGBTQIA+ community? Or is diversity and inclusion an umbrella term for celebrating every kind of team member that makes the very DNA of any organization? From sexually and culturally diverse team members to differently abled ones; and everything in between?

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Blair Sheppard – Global Leader, Strategy & Leadership at PwC released his ‘Ten Years to Midnight’ book back in August 2020. And after almost two years of a global pandemic, it remains as relevant as ever. The book talks about a supposed timelines of 10 years that the world leaders have before it’s too late. The timeline focuses on 4 urgent global challenges and possible strategic solutions for them. Sheppard urges leaders to act fast, even as the the 70 years long social-economic progress triggered by the Marshall Plan unravels in front of their eyes.

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My job is such an interesting one because it affords me the opportunity to continuously travel and creates opportunities for me to observe individals all across the country. I recently had a particularly interesting trip that I won’t soon forget because of a chance meeting I had with a violinist. I was enjoying breakfast at the hotel restaurant when I noticed a beautiful tune. My eyes began to search for the source of this melody and then I noticed a lean feeble man playing the violin. With a sympathetic look at my face, I watched the rather old man standing throughout his performance, while everyone else around enjoyed their lavish breakfast, the violinist gone unnoticed by them.

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