Despite the increase in organizations adopting DEI initiatives and the proliferation of DEI firms and practitioners, the big, poorly kept secret is that the majority of these initiatives are less effective than many make them out to be. On the one hand, there is a lack of standards, consistency, and accountability among DEI practitioners. And on the other, organizations keep asking for, and funding, interventions that don’t work. This phenomenon that purports to end inequity but instead sus...| Harvard Business Review
Investing in sustainable funds that prioritize ESG goals is supposed to help improve the environmental and social sustainability of business practices. Unfortunately, close analysis suggests that it’s not only not making much difference to companies’ actual ESG performance, it may actually be directing capital into poor business performers.| Harvard Business Review
The need for a prosocial AI index is urgent. AI systems increasingly cause positive and irreversibly harmful outcomes. We need a standard to assess these capabilities.| Cornelia C. Walther
A pragmatic response to the AI-race is an investment in double literacy, to curate hybrid literacy, the complementary magic of natural and artificial intelligence.| Forbes
At the heart of navigating our AI-saturated society lies a critical skillset: double literacy. Article 4 of the new EU AI Act brings this to the forefront.| Forbes
We need a new narrative that positions AI not as humanity's replacement but as our partner in planetary healing.| Cornelia C. Walther