Diversity policies in America suffered a blow last year when the Supreme Court ruled against universities that consider race in the admissions process — a practice known as affirmative action. Now there are fears that diversity initiatives in the business world will be challenged too. Already PwC, one of the Big Four accounting firms, has dropped some of its goals. Despite this setback many companies and their workers still value diversity.
” Untold Fable quantifies its diversity requirements — such as 50:50 male to female — alongside the expertise required, budgets and timeframe. From its 3,000 freelancers the company’s technology will assemble the best team for the job. For older companies, gathering data is harder but not impossible. Conducting internal surveys through digital polling is one way to fill holes. O’Brien says: “You have a tonne of data on people that already work for you, so start there.