The book pushes the reader to think about cultural differences positively and how they can be used to facilitate work. Published in 2009, ‘The Loudest Duck…’ has been lauded for its anecdotes and accessible language.
1) The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences To Achieve Success At Work – Laura A. This list is a mixed bag that offers advice from senior professionals and industry experts on D&I, personal experiences of individuals from marginalised identities and backgrounds and critical analysis of social systems and how they function to maintain the status quo. The twelve books on this list are a starter pack that should get you thinking about how to approach the issue of D&I at the workplace. D&I policies cannot have a one-size-fits-all approach, they will need to be made differently for women, persons with disabilities, people from minority religions and ethnicities, and so on. In the Indian context, it’s important to build perspective on social and lived realities of the people employers are wanting to recruit to be able to build the right kind of D&I policies for their organisations.
Focusing on one aspect will not address the other. To begin with, it’s important to establish that diversity and inclusion are two distinct processes that require equal time and effort. We’re a country of a billion plus where people speak different languages, practice different religions, and have varied ascribed and avowed identities. Modern workplaces in India, especially the ones committing to getting Diversity and Inclusion right, have a lot of ground to cover.
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