Work Force Diversity Plus Inclusion Equals True Organizational Innovation

Holding up a glass filled with white milk, Tyronne Stoudemire, global director of diversity and inclusion for Hewitt Associates, poured in some chocolate syrup--which promptly settled to the bottom until it was vigorously stirred.

By Laura Mazzuca Toops | Updated on November 29, 2009

Chicago

Holding up a glass filled with white milk, Tyronne Stoudemire, global director of diversity and inclusion as well as talent acquisition for Hewitt Associates, poured in some chocolate syrup–which promptly settled to the bottom until it was vigorously stirred.

The demonstration illustrates how adding women and minority employees through a corporate diversity program is only a first step, and that true integration doesn’t happen until a formal inclusion plan “stirs things up,” he said.

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