Inclusiveness

Inclusiveness allows us to explore options that one individual or a homogeneous group might not have uncovered.

With the world becoming hyper-diverse, problem-solving also turns out to be more complex. We are stronger through appreciating diversity and advocating inclusions. The organization would like to embark upon the road of total inclusion as that appears to be the only way to move forward. There are plenty more questions one can ask to illustrate the importance of inclusion and there are numerous quotes worldwide to convey the importance of inclusion.

African Proverb (Ghana): If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. The challenge is to get managers to recognize how inclusion improves retention, engagement, etc. Organizations should develop the best and next practices to develop high-performance teams with an inclusion theme, to produce better outcomes from a long-term perspective.

Chinese Proverb: Bǎi huā qí fàng): "A hundred flowers bloom together" (signifying the beauty of diversity). . Every individual is unique, just like the variety of flowers blossomed in a beautiful garden. Inclusiveness nowadays is more about how to embrace the cognitive difference, the color of character, or the diversity of viewpoints.

Norwegian Proverb: "Many small streams make a big river" (highlighting the strength in collective contributions). If each of us could solve a piece of the problem based on our expertise, then if we could integrate those smaller pieces, we are able to overcome a lot of common challenges together effortlessly. Any sort of engagement initiative needs to be authentic as opposed to manipulative and have the goal of creating a win-win outcome for varying shareholders and society at large.

Irish Proverb: There's strength in numbers. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. It’s important to build an inclusive team with complementary strengths, so people can learn, grow, and make bigger accomplishments. From a management perspective, treat employees as customers; they become loyal when they have experienced something out of the ordinary, with a strong feeling of support or allegiance. So an inclusive organization can produce great outcomes with less friction and faster speed.

American Proverb:  "Two go to the papaya patch, the food is delicious" (emphasizes the value of collaboration). Usually, inclusion is based on equal opportunity, and empathy, rather than unconscious bias. In an inclusive team, people like each other to a certain degree, they have diverse thoughts and different ways of doing things. However, they can close the gap between subjective perception and objective perception, integrate thoughts to address ignorance, and minimize assumptions for making sound judgments in the team setting.

The world is diversified with billions of populations, millions of cities, towns, villages, and thousands of languages and cultures, Inclusiveness allows us to explore options that one individual or a homogeneous group might not have uncovered; enables us to respect each other, appreciate our difference, encourage authenticity, inspire innovation, influence the world with all sorts of color themes, and transcend into a more advanced human society.

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