Summary: <p>It’s no secret that our country, and therefore, our workforce is diversifying. By 2045, our country will have no racial majority according to <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/2020-united-states-population-more-racially-ethnically-diverse-than-2010.html"><u>the 2020 census</u></a>.</p> <p>Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are key for creating workplace cultures that celebrate differences, embrace commonalities and allow all voices to be heard. In order to be successful, DEI shouldn’t focus only on full-time employees, but your entire workforce. The contingent workforce includes contractors and freelancers and currently makes up <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/08/06/five-reasons-why-the-rapidly-expanding-contingent-workforce-is-a-c-suite-priority/?sh=3e9ad1e34750"><u>40% of today’s total workforce</u></a>. Yet, the contingent workforce is often treated as second class, or an afterthought in the company’s position-hierarchy. With <a href="http://ardentpartners.com/2014/02/ardents-new-state-of-contingent-workforce-management-research-report-predicts-30-industry-growth-and-introduces-next-generation-framework/"><u>62% of enterprises</u></a> perceiving contingent labor as a vital component to their total workforce, there is no time like the present to focus DEI efforts on the contingent workforce.</p> <p>In this episode of <a href="https://www.consciouslyunbiased.com/listen"><u>Breaking the Bias</u></a>, Consciously Unbiased founder <a href="https://www.consciouslyunbiased.com/ashish-kaushal"><u>Ashish Kaushal</u></a> (virtually) sits down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-hoffmeyer-3395b65/"><u>Brian Hoffmeyer</u></a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/elijah-bradshaw-4312902/"><u>Elijah Bradshaw</u></a>, two executives at <a href="https://www.beeline.com/"><u>Beeline</u></a>, a tech platform that connects businesses to talent in the global extended workforce. They dive into how companies have the power to move the needle on equality, the impact of the pandemic on the gig economy, how companies can create safe spaces for inclusion for all employees—not just some, and why we’re in the middle of a workplace revolution as well as how to adapt.</p> <p>Listen to the <a href="https://anchor.fm/consciously-unbiased/episodes/The-CEO-of-Capacity-2-Care-on-The-Neuroscience-of-Compassion-e15pltc">full conversation here</a>,</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/consciously-unbiased/message
