Diversity, It Makes Sense

Diversity has been a trending topic for the last years. It shows that we, as a society, are acknowledging the past practices of our industries in which one small group of individuals have a platform to thrive and grown within our institution while other groups might have a harder time. They are exceptions to this rule, but it is undisputable that for certain people due to their sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, etc. it's harder to break the glass ceiling.

However, the fact that we are talking about diversity in so many forums shows that we are moving in the right direction. It is paramount to provide a safe environment where people can share their experiences. It is an excellent learning opportunity for other professionals when someone shares his/her experience and shares the difficulties that he/ she might have encountered in his/her journey. It is also important for people at managing positions to hear these experiences so that they can learn how to promote diversity or analyze the actions that they have taken either consciously or unconsciously that have resulted in lack of diversity in their teams.

One would think that fighting for diversity is just the right thing to do based on social principles. Nevertheless, we have come to a point in which diversity is crucial not only for these principles but also professionally. More and more people and companies are requiring that their teams and the teams of their service providers are diverse.

Recently, QIL+4 Abogados participated in the diversity summit hosted by Greenbarg and Trauring. There, we were able to hear...