The Surprising Solution to Workplace Diversity | Arwa Mahdawi | TEDxHamburg
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2016
- Arwa Mahdawi on "The Surprising Solution to Workplace Diversity" at TEDxHamburg (www.tedxhamburg.de)
Arwa Mahdawi is the founder and Chief Minority Officer of rentaminority.com, a revolutionary new service offering diversity on demand. The site has gained worldwide attention and been covered by the likes of the BBC, Le Monde, the Huffington Post, NPR, and the Atlantic. Arwa is also a partner at cummins&partners, an independent creative agency with offices in Australia and New York. She is a regular speaker at advertising/tech/media conferences, so if you need a minority last minute, give her a call. Arwa is also a freelance writer and writes regularly for the Guardian on issues including marketing, technology, cryptocurrency, and lesbians. Frequent comments on her articles include “Was someone really paid to write this?” and “This comment was removed by a moderator.”
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
who else is here because of a school assignment?
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Why would thirds be taught in school? This is not about how to think, but rather, it teaches "what to think"
In other words, you are being indoctrinated. Worse, indoctrinated to hate white males...
@@edwardk3 Awwww, felling shriveled again, junior? Geez, the smallest mention of women and minorities triggers you fruitcakes.
@@Romany1111 nice cope there bud
@@gaussminigun Thanks, Rail.
11.39 ! For any of those who are doing college assignments on this one. 11.39 is the timecode where she starts talking about solutions to diversity)
Imagine how much last minute turn-ins with minority-emplotment websites written as an answer.
11:39
ugh lifesaver thanks so much
Not all heroes wear capes. Some are just your regular college student trying to get buy in life.
i seriously LOVE YOU
Another facet of superficial diversity is that it tends to focus on appearance, nationality, gender, race, identity, etc. Real diversity is about personality, perspective and opinion. Just because people look different doesn't mean they are different. As is often cited against racism: variance within a population is generally greater than variance between populations. Let's treat each other as the individuals we are.
Well said
Well said, but corporate diversity is largely about avoiding the risk of being sued and therefore the entire focus must be on superficial measures.
as Brian the messiah once said: "You are all individuals"
But those "superficial" traits are the things that racism, discrimination, and exclusion are usually based on. Hiring an all-white workforce who just have different personalities isn't diversity.
@@4u2cre8 Well, what is more diverse? A: a group of exclusively white people from different nations, social classes, educational systems, religions, cultures, ages, and political affiliations. Or, B: an ethnically diverse group of Harvard students? Given that ethnicity says little about an individual, we better focus our efforts elsewhere.
A solution searching for a problem
well said
Ahhh, I see what you did there.
Well said - you summed it up the best way possible.
Imagine a diversity TED talk in Hamburg... I thought that would be about how Bavarians are so different from Prussians... LOL
If you use superficial metrics, you will incentivize superficial action. Business 101.
Of course government policies make prejudices worse, because they are prejudicial. Doesn't help anyone.
*If diversity is so good, why do you have to tell people to celebrate diversity? If diversity was great wouldn't people know to celebrate it?*
*I never see a bumper sticker that says chocolate tastes great. Everyone knows chocolate tastes great. You don't need a bumper sticker to tell you something everyone knows.*
*The happiest countries on earth have hardly any diversity.*
Spot on
Chocolate companies still advertise and frankly they spend more on advertising than other companies.
"Celebrating diversity" doesn't mean you need to fire off firecrackers and jump up and down whenever a person of color or a member of a minority group makes it big. It means that you need to be more accepting of the differences and embrace the new perspectives that people from different backgrounds bring to the table.
Where are these case studies showing how diversity adds to the profitability of a company?
It's probably diversity of thought and experience, as someone mentooned.
McKinsey has some. Why don't you research those?
@@marcosreal11 Yes it is most likely about the diversity of thoughts and experiences. Since those kinds of people might have different points of views of the same thing, they have a good opportunity to synergize and come up with a new, creative product.
they might just mean companies that are coincidentally diverse. For example, imagine a hypothetical software company that happens to employ many Asian and white folks. Such a company could have easily hired solely based on merit without regard for shallow characteristics.
Diversity as an identity doesn't work I can attest to that. Because they are "diversity" candidates, they just don't work and take everything for granted
What happened to hiring based on ability regardless of skin color?
@do br If the 'white man is the right man for the job', why dont we see it in basketball?
@@CitrusOranges Exactly.
anyone who watched the whole video can tell you didn't based on this comment
Skin color usually (not always) leads to a difference in perspective and nationality. The issue starts with people believing it’s only about skin color, when in reality they way you were raised, where you were raised, what culture you were brought up in can or your perspective from the inside of a marginalized group gives a whole other perspective/experience the average white man can & will never experience
@@CitrusOranges Bad example. Basketball players are chosen based on sheer talent and ability, whereas employees in other professions are often chosen based on things that have nothing to do with talent/merit, such as having a connection at the company, or something subjective such as the hiring manager has a "good feeling" about them, or they're a "good culture fit", or they remind him or her of themselves.
I believe this is the only video I've saved just for the appreciation of the comment section. Diversity is constantly being measured by superficial details, shouldn't in the workforce it be about individuals? You can't generalize diversity, and these days it's literally been reduced to a liberal buzzword.
@do br where I work, we do not have any diversity hires, but yet we still have blacks, Asians, women, all that stuff, and nobody resents each other because everyone was hired based on merit, not some quota system to overcome some perceived oppression....hard work in both education and the work place will pay dividends in the long run, diversity hiring is just a short term fix and often sets people up to fail. Quit playing the "faced obstacles" and "you white people" victim card and try to make something of yourself and not have it handed it to you. Being a professional victim will never get you anywhere and must be terribly depressing...stop begging the government to "save you from all this white people oppression."
@do br Then fight for fairness and tolerance. Diversity is not a goal in itself. It's just a state.
@@hellogoodbye4061 are you the HR manager to be sure of your statement that diversity wasn't considered in the hiring process of where you work?
@@hellogoodbye4061👏 well said.
Let me summarize for you all:
1) blind audition/interview process focused on talent alone
2) speak up when it's too homogeneous
3) prove the profit value (or insert value here) for the case of having a diverse workforce
4) stop calling it diversity -- tokenism doesn't work
Have a great day!
Hiring people based on merit ? It'll never catch on !
😂
Ironically, board meetings don't usually accomplish much on polarizing issues cuz when its all said and done, more is said than done!
My sweetest fantasy would be hearing you give Ted Talks on how things should be from an alternate universe populated exclusively by people you can't blame.
The flip side of diversity is discrimination?? That’s not true. Her whole lecture is based on a false claim. Diversity of the workplace based on anything but merit is discriminatory.
Since I think the cat is out of the bag that 'diversity' is right-speak for 'anti-white' and 'anti-men', I think the truth is common knowledge now. Diversity IS discrimination.
Check out her wide-ranging blogging "career." It's a one dimensional rail the whole way thru.
@@trs4437 hahaha two of her recent articles were about Ivanka's and AOC's hairstyles at "one of the world's leading newspapers, The Guardian" hahahaha the same communist propaganda site that begs for gold coin donations to keep their far-left propaganda in business.
@@trs4437 imagine thinking of he guardian in a positive light
Affirmative action creates doubts in the minds of employers which affects their hiring practices.
Truly relate and have been "rented." Appreciate your fake solution and tenacity.
If I were a woman or a 'POC' who landed my dream job these days, I think I'd be privately asking myself if I was just hired for that fact. And I'd be wondering if all my colleagues were thinking the same too.
I was pleasantly surprised that after 6 years (2023) the website is still up. 🙃
"Racially diverse teams outperform non-diverse ones by 35%"- big stretch from the actual McKinsey study- "Racially diverse teams are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians."
Which means 65% of the time that doesn't happen.
How did they measure diversity? Can someone tell me the name or link of the study?
@Greg Pettis Japan is the perfect example of the downside of uniformity. It was fine during the Industrial Age, when building widgets faster at lower cost was the key to success. Now that the world has changed, and finding creative solutions to unprecedented problems is the key, Japan is struggling. Lack of diversity leads to groupthink and lack of innovation.
@@JMAdams you cant say if that is ACTUALLY due to lack of diversity itself though
Which suggests that profitable companies simply have more cash to burn pushing "woke" nonsense and making diversity hires.
wow I should not have scrolled down to this comments section
12:24 I totally agree with the solution she came up with because that is how we will truly accept people for the work they have done without really disqualifying or discriminating them of certain things.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. - MLK
(quoted most often by people who work at companies that are 99.94% white and typically only hire people who look like themselves.)
@@4u2cre8 😂😂 well said
@@4u2cre8 which is fine
@@4u2cre8 Move to a place that has more of your skin color types. There are more countries non-white than white.
@@alanrogs3990 Why should I move? I don't have a problem hiring and working with a diverse set of people. It's those who only want to work with people that look like them that have the problem.
Thank you so much for this. I realize this is the most important thing I’ve listened to in a long time. Thank you UA-cam for this amazing platform
Is that sarcasm or are you a bot?
one of top computer company recently asked a level 5 female on what is build file. This is how diversity works
what is a level 5?
Diversity is not a goal in itself. It's just a state. It should not be pursued explicitly. It should just be accepted and welcomed when it happens organically.
Some examples of meaningful goals are tolerance and fairness.
Mahdawi is a bit of a female chauvinist.
What a propaganda times we live , merit based society suffering! - this shall too pass.Amen
Can't believe we give a voice to these people. Let alone have a laugh with them or actually agreeing.
So this is the Misandrist writer from The Guardian 😂😂😂
The best tedx talk I ever viewed in YT.
The worst tedx talk I ever viewed in YT
According to modern proponents of "diversity", a frail 80 year old woman should be able to handle hard contruction work just as well as a 20 year old man.
Excellent argument. What can I expect from bigots like you
Ad hominem replies aren't going to change my mind. Wearing a "I'm Woke" t shirt doesn't cut it anymore. Make your case instead of slinging names.
@@adwaitab.3622 ha ha!! Ad hominem arguments are not going to get you anywhere.
@@adwaitab.3622 "Excellent argument. What can I expect from bigots like you" - Better writing? You missed "else" and a full stop, they wrote correctly.
I wouldn't give you the job ...
Seems to me the diversity-obsession brigade don't really care about the only form of diversity that matters - the diversity of ideas and experiences.
It's much easier instead for them to look at a lineup of candidates and assume that anyone who isn't white, or who isn't male automatically has different ideas or experience. In a way, it's kind of the most presumptive concept out there - just because someone looks different, they must act and think differently.
seems it's all about what's on the outside, not what's on the inside ... because it's much easier to measure appearances than thoughts and experiences!
" Seems to me the diversity-obsession brigade don't really care about the only form of diversity that matters - the diversity of ideas and experiences."
That's profoundly true and the irony is that we are told to ignore colour,race and religion. They are obsessed with it.
exactly and that sort of lazy judging based on outside appearance is precisely what was wrong with the nazis and the kkk. The only difference is the demographic targeted.
@do br while scrolling, it seems you are the king of whining about "poor, poor pitiful me"..... damn, dude, the world is out there for you....do not waste your life being a victim.
It's not that we don't want that. It's that every time in the past that we've tried to let people be adults about things, we ended up with all white male workforces. Your comment makes it seem like the workforce is made up entirely of minorities and that white people are suffering mass unemployment or something. I don't understand how you can claim persecution when the workforce is 80% white.
Is thwt why they ask your race and narionality on linkedin applications? why is pluralsight pushing this so heavily?
Any reference for the German name study?
I strongly on how in 2021 people are still hiring and focusing on the I appearance instead of the real reason why they are there
This is excellent!
After reading what and how she wrote about Huberman, i was 99% sure she has that job because of DEI. God, i was good.
Audience not laughing because they are actually thinking it through.
Arwa, thanks an entertaining talk. Not sure about abolishing the word Diversity as it scares this win power. I do have a model from my thesis that provides a way to mange and promote institional change, the sad fact is that companies don't want to solve the issue as it changes power.
Why do we only bring up diversity in white countries. But diversity in the Middle East, South America, Africa and Asia are exceptions.
Not true. In south América we are Also doing lot of things to increase a real diversity and Inclusion
3:37 These numbers are purely nonsensical. First of all: There are no credible studies, which imply this. And there are no jobs, where the gender of a educated and trained employee matters for the job. In a team of two engineers there is no way, they work "better" because the team is diverse.
Which “diverse” country in the middle east is her family from?
Its all relevant, it depends where you work. All the fortune 500 companies that I worked for had more high paying woman managers then man. Diversity is very important in business because the whole world is diverse. At the same time when you should get rid of diversity and just hire for skills.
The world is more segregated than diverse. Just look at any non-western civilization
Diversity itself is quite beneficial for a company and a worthwhile endeavor to work toward. it should be woven into the fabric of the company, the same way other aspects like Management and Marketing are. The problem arises when people hire *just* to meet corporate quotas. Its not that people shouldn't hire for skills, they absolutely should. Its about not letting personal biases get in the way of recruiting the best candidate, and making sure that candidate gets treated with the same respect and gets the resources they need, just like everyone else.
The speaker is funny and she gives great solutions for addressing workplace diversity.
Great 👍
I thought the person that can do the job best gets the job
Yes for white people !
Wake up from your slumber
If only this were true. There's a reason why people say, "It's not what you know; it's who you know."
Nureshmi Hassim said like a true brown person.
@@nureshmihassim1759 so you're saying that for non-whites they hire the worst person? K
4:35 8:00 10:20 11:15
Finding ways to prove diversity is helpful sounds like confirmation bias to me
2:33 Did you know that in the US there are more guys named "John" who are beggars, homeless, imprisoned, no access to basic human life than women
This is Interesting - We are the Diversity in Tech Podcast and Conference and are big champions of diversity in Tech.
"When I'm President, I'll shut this site down." (apparently D. Trump on Rent-A-Minority)...lies, lies, it is still online!
This woman is nuts.
Deleting yourself could be somthing that is something. 😮😮😮
Diversity people in the business world are the ones who aren't good at anything. Kind of like safety people in construction.
If a normal world, diversity officers would be answering phones for a living.
They just let anyone speak now?
Everyone, google her name and "Consenticorns"
What we need is respect and tolerance
That is actually the opposite of what we need.
@@Christoph-sd3zi so what you think
@@tinapie178 looking at what is happening in sweden and ireland and many european countries i would say separate, sweden switched from being the safest country in europe to the most dangerous and many streets are closed and the police are afraid to go near them just because of "diversity" and gays and women get harrased constantly because what they do go against the beliefs of the minorities, muslims believe that women should cover fully and don't work and limir their freedom and also eliminate gays from the planet so what should we do then mr diversity and inclusion to satisfy all parties?
Native Europeans have the right to exist and have a homeland to call their own.
I'm not europeans and i agree
Diversity is the new normal now! awesome! Cheers! :)
Can anyone tell me jow business practices inclusivity
Nice comments, but could you please introduce us to the elephant standing next to you? Yes...that one. The thing is, diversity is a workplace issue for everyone before the first word is spoken. Companies that don't treat employees fairly, that don't motivate, that have confused goals, that are arrogant towards workers, might as well be speaking Martian when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
No, it's worse than that. The employees would hear Martian; they tune out diversityspeak coming from people whose readership they can't respect. I'm not a graduate student. I'm a good service worker, and many of us regard diversity crapolacoming from clueless managers as just so much time out of our lives. Worse,, many of us more of less openly resent it.
Why is it a problem? You're making it a problem.
Because of idiots like you. =P
When you have a hammer, everything is a nail.
@@ShadowsMasquerade cope
Don’t take it too seriously?
Blind auditions?
That is not practical solution at all
Inspiring stuff. Arwa is changing the world, one homogenous group at a time.
That John fact was gold
Unless they are white or asian. @
This isn't a joke
This woman is everything that is wrong with society.
When I ran a large (200-employee) bookstore, I hired a diverse workforce because it was the right thing to do AND it improved my bottom line. It was good business. Diversity was a front-and-center strategy to make my business better on every level.
Is diversity useful without inclusivity...?
(It wasnt useful to begin with)
^are either useful without equity?
Isn't this what James Damore was talking about in his memo, Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber? He said that diversity was good but that companies were using practices that increased resentment and didn't actually work.
Companies will make hiring decisions that add to their bottom line. That means hiring the best person for the job regardless of race or gender.
Dont expect to have equal representation.
Start at 4:03 for an important takeaway...
Thank you Arwa for speaking frankly about this cringy topic.
@ENDA_21 what makes her cringy-ness worse is her total lack of self-awareness
@@Christoph-sd3zi I did not find her cringy.
diversity bring conflict and conflict bring develop
plenty of conflict in afghahistan. how's that going?
Is this lecture intended for any place on the globe or only for certain nations?
Mostly US and Western Europe because Jews
have any script
If Diversity will increase profits, businesses will pursue it vigorously.
The 378 people that disliked this video are named John.
found myself very glad i wasnt named john if im being honest.
Just pointing out some confusion: Being female is not a minority and being non-white is not a minority in most of the world.
Green M&Ms ruined her life
Huh.
Just curious, are gingers considered a minority?
Who's else is here bcuz..of a school assignment??😊
Disability can’t get represented in a diversity TED Talk. Wow!
They will just delete your comments.
Whats wrong with discrimination. Every single person on earth discriminates every day
Rent-a-minority? A rebranding is needed in a bad way.
if anyone wants to save 15 minutes the surprising solution to workplace diversity is blind testing over cv screening
one word: automation
Poor people commenting their hatred anonymously here online... Addressing tasks and challenges from multiple perspectives is key and learning how to manage these DIVERSE positions the only way to success in the future.
Other than your hatred insult for anyone who disagrees with you,I have no idea what you just rambled on about...liberal diversity doublespeak needs a translation app.
You seem to hate poor people.
change take time. Rapid change, even for the good, will not be fruitful
For those who benefit from the oppression of others and are blind to how it impacts them daily all their lives, equality feels like oppression.
Welcome to this comments section.
Everyone sucks.
Oh please, get the chip off your shoulder. You're not oppressed, you insult and degrade the people on this planet who actually are. You benefit immensely from the work and support of men, and vice versa. A lot of what you take for granted, you are blessed with by men. Have a little humility.
why does she not talk about the root of problem here? she is talking about superficious solutions that will cover up an infected wound that will still rot under the healthy surface - the problem start with the very young age of every human being and we need to start treating this diverity problem there. she is talking about producvtivity, it is nothing about diversity, this depends on the individual's level of discipline and education. I'm a minority, I'm working twice harder than any white colleague, that does not means our team is 41 or whatever % more efficient.
Brilliant. Loved this talk. 👍🏽
Why do you support using force against others?
There is nothing "brilliant" about communism
Is it just me, or does this comments section seem bizarre...? These comments seem like they all came from people who didn't watch the video. They feel completely divorced from the meat of Mahdawi's argument. Bummer cause I was looking forward to reading what real life people actually thought about this talk.
It's a touchy subject where people may have had experience with diversity bias. It's a real problem
Enjoy her writing in the Guardian.
which article of hers about women's hairstyles is your favourite?
As a straight white man named John I found this talk highly offensive.
2000, Hoan Bridge - Extreme cold, snow, and heavy traffic
2001, I-285 bridge over GA-400 - Set on fire from fuel tanker overturning
2001, Queen Isabella Causeway - Support was hit by a barge
2002, 1-40 Bridge Disaster - Barge struck a pier.
2003, Kinzua Bridge - Hit by tornado with 100 mph
2004, Interstate 95 Howard Overpass - fire from car hitting a truck
2004, C-470 overpass I-70 - Girder twisted during construction
2005, I-10 Twin Span Bridge - Extensive damage from Katrina/flooding
2007, MacArthur Maze - Tanker Truck crashed into it
2007, 35W over the Mississippi River - Weight of construction equipment
2007, Harp Road Bridge - Truck hauling an excavator was too heavy for it.
2008, Cedar Rapids Iowa City Railway - Flood damage
2009, 9 Mile Road Bridge I-75 - Tanker accident cause it to collapse.
2009, San Fran Oakland Bay Bridge - Repair failures
2012, Eggner Ferry over the Tennessee River - Boat struck the bottom part of the bridge
2012, Jay Cookie Swinging Bridge - Raging floodwaters
2013, I-5 Skagit River Bridge - Oversized Truck clipped girder while carrying heavy machinery
2013, Scott City roadway Bridge - Train's cars hit it
2015, Hopple Street Overpass over I-75 - Demolition work while being taken down
2015, Pennsy Bridge - Partial Collapse during demolition
2015, I-10 Bridge - Abutment displacement from stream winding causing abutment scouring.
2015, bob white Bridge - Major Flooding
2017, Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge - Massive rain and avalanche
2017, I-85N Atlanta - Fire/Arson
2018, FIU Pedestrian bridge - Diversity & Feminism.
You don't get a job because you aren't the best person for it. End of Story.
Actually not false, more diversity means u have more S and cancel out W in SWOT analysis, it sure helps companies to survive the threat and receive more opportunity, assumed that it is the mindset being diverse, not race. If you think different race means different mind, u r creating stereotype
Sin el deseo de hacer ningún juicio/s de valor/es o hacer demandas subjetivas sino limitarme al análisis objetivo, desde allí, lo siento por idear de otra forma, ya que para evitar el problema del "diablo en los detalles", me gustaría siempre buscar las explicaciones desde las leyes naturlales. Por ellos, la diversidad de hoy día no me parece un producto natural ni favorece el equilibrio ecosistemático, sino de las sociedades y megasociedades creadas y diversifiadas "artificialmente" por el propio hombre mediante sus tecnologias de transporte masivo, telecomunicaciones y otras fuerzas como las guerras e intereses agenos a los deseos y leys naturales. Asi, juzgando desde la propia voluntad naturaleza y del necesario ley del equilibrio ecosistémico, Africa fue dada a los africanos y los africanos dados a Africa, Asia a los asiaticos y los asiáticos a Asia, El norte a los nórdicos,etc., y lo mismo se puede observar Igualmente en los otros animales y plantas.
Could we have put a man on the moon if NASA was forced to have a statistically diverse team?
Didn't they make a whole movie about the fact that is was? (somewhat) Anyway -> YES.
Maggie Utgoff thinking’s Hollywood movies are real.😂😂 Hidden Figures had to be the biggest joke I have ever seen.
That's why we cant put astronauts on the moon now.
@@magnus08f250 there are movies that are based on real stories....