Joelle Emerson, Author at Paradigm https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/author/joelle-emerson/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 The Culture Shift Begins Now: Introducing Paradigm’s Culture for Everyone Platform https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/the-culture-shift-begins-now-introducing-paradigms-culture-for-everyone-platform/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:52:21 +0000 https://paradigm-uat.beep.digital/?p=7816 At Paradigm, we’ve spent the last decade helping organizations build stronger, more inclusive workplaces where everyone can do their best work. We’ve partnered with thousands of companies—from fast-growing startups to Fortune 500s—to reimagine how culture is built, measured, and sustained.

Today, I’m thrilled to share the next chapter of that journey: the launch of Paradigm’s Cultur...

The Culture Shift Begins Now: Introducing Paradigm’s Culture for Everyone Platform

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]]> What Do President Trump’s DEI Executive Orders Mean for Private Companies? https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/what-do-president-trumps-dei-executive-orders-mean-for-private-companies/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:07:04 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=6896

What Do President Trump’s DEI Executive Orders Mean for Private Companies?

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What Do President Trump’s DEI Executive Orders Mean for Private Companies?

]]> Introducing Paradigm AI Assistant: A Workplace Culture and Inclusion Expert at Your Fingertips https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/introducing-paradigm-ai-assistant-a-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-expert-at-your-fingertips/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:29:59 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=6754 I’m thrilled to announce the general availability of our new Paradigm AI Assistant, a new AI tool designed to bring Paradigm’s expertise in culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and talent development directly to your fingertips. Paradigm AI Assistant is available through Paradigm’s innovative

Introducing Paradigm AI Assistant: A Workplace Culture and Inclusion Expert at Your Fingertips

]]> I’m thrilled to announce the general availability of our new Paradigm AI Assistant, a new AI tool designed to bring Paradigm’s expertise in culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and talent development directly to your fingertips. Paradigm AI Assistant is available through Paradigm’s innovativeIntroducing Paradigm AI Assistant: A Workplace Culture and Inclusion Expert at Your Fingertips

]]> New Research Shows Companies Aren’t Ready for the Increasingly Diverse Workforce https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/new-research-shows-companies-arent-ready-for-the-increasingly-diverse-workforce/ Thu, 02 May 2024 18:21:43 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=6497 The workforce is getting smaller, and increasingly diverse across a range of dimensions — race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, and age. Are organizations ready to harness the power of the labor market of the (very near) future? We looked at data from more than 100 organizations, and one million+ candidates and employees, and found the resoun...

New Research Shows Companies Aren’t Ready for the Increasingly Diverse Workforce

]]> The workforce is getting smaller, and increasingly diverse across a range of dimensions — race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, and age. Are organizations ready to harness the power of the labor market of the (very near) future? We looked at data from more than 100 organizations, and one million+ candidates and employees, and found the resoun...

New Research Shows Companies Aren’t Ready for the Increasingly Diverse Workforce

]]> A Look at 2023: Paradigm’s Clients Show the Measurable Benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/a-look-at-2023-paradigms-clients-show-the-measurable-benefits-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 01:42:07 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=6337 Last year (2023) presented a series of challenges for companies that wanted to build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations: economic uncertainty and layoffs, unfounde...

A Look at 2023: Paradigm’s Clients Show the Measurable Benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

]]> Last year (2023) presented a series of challenges for companies that wanted to build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations: economic uncertainty and layoffs, unfounde...

A Look at 2023: Paradigm’s Clients Show the Measurable Benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

]]> New Data: 2023 DEI Trends & 2024 Opportunities https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/new-data-2023-dei-trends-2024-opportunities/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:58:30 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=6203 This year has been an undeniable challenge for companies and DEI consultants committed to building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive companies. The momentum fueling DEI slowed — a change driven by a combination of economic uncertainty, the increasing politicization of diversity-related topics, and fatigue — but world events wi...

New Data: 2023 DEI Trends & 2024 Opportunities

]]> This year has been an undeniable challenge for companies and DEI consultants committed to building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive companies. The momentum fueling DEI slowed — a change driven by a combination of economic uncertainty, the increasing politicization of diversity-related topics, and fatigue — but world events wi...

New Data: 2023 DEI Trends & 2024 Opportunities

]]> Quantify Your Inclusion Skills: Understanding our Inclusive Leadership Self-Assessment https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/quantify-your-inclusion-skills-understanding-our-inclusive-leadership-self-assessment/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:22:40 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=5796 The leaders in your company — from executives to people managers — play a unique role in bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to life. And while most leaders are bought into DEI efforts in theory, they often don’t know what to do in practice. Over the past year, we’ve had conversations nearly every day where a client tells us “my leaders...

Quantify Your Inclusion Skills: Understanding our Inclusive Leadership Self-Assessment

]]> The leaders in your company — from executives to people managers — play a unique role in bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to life. And while most leaders are bought into DEI efforts in theory, they often don’t know what to do in practice. Over the past year, we’ve had conversations nearly every day where a client tells us “my leaders...

Quantify Your Inclusion Skills: Understanding our Inclusive Leadership Self-Assessment

]]> Banning Affirmative Action Won’t Stop DEI, But It’ll Make it Harder https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/banning-affirmative-action-wont-stop-dei-but-itll-make-it-harder/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:22:58 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=5594 Today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action is, sadly, not a surprise. Over the past few months, as the Court’s decision has drawn cl...

Banning Affirmative Action Won’t Stop DEI, But It’ll Make it Harder

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Banning Affirmative Action Won’t Stop DEI, But It’ll Make it Harder

]]> The New, Frightening Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/the-new-frightening-attacks-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:59:26 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=4889 Over the past decade, corporate America has invested in diversity, equity, and inclusion at an unprecedented rate in an effort to chip away at social inequity and better reflect the values of employees and consumers.

Does DEI Work?

While many companies prioritized these DEI initiatives for ...

The New, Frightening Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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The New, Frightening Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

]]> The Case for Continuing to Invest in DEI https://www.paradigmiq.com/blog/the-case-for-continuing-to-invest-in-dei/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:03:11 +0000 https://www.paradigmiq.com/?p=4730 In 2022, we had the opportunity to partner with 548 companies around the world, creating DEI strategies and equipping their employees with the skills they need to build more diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their organizations.

 The Need for Diversity Training

While th...

The Case for Continuing to Invest in DEI

]]> In 2022, we had the opportunity to partner with 548 companies around the world, creating DEI strategies and equipping their employees with the skills they need to build more diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their organizations.

 The Need for Diversity Training

While th...

The Case for Continuing to Invest in DEI

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