World Economic Forum | 'Diversity is fundamental to innovation'

There has been a lot of noise regards businesses having to make tough decisions to survive during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Whether that means furloughing staff – nearly a quarter of British employees have been put onto the UK Government’s job protection scheme in the last fortnight – or going through redundancies, both people and organisations have been impacted.

And whilst both of these decisions are taken for the short-term survival of any company, the medium-to-long-term might be impacted by focussing on issues that might not be considered core right now – such as diversity and inclusion.

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That is according to Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders, writing on the World Economic Forum website.