Leadership in the Age of Personalization Docuseries

LAOP 2021 · No. 09

The Importance of Achieving Alignment in DE&I

Frank Ross

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We've tried to solve the problems in the ways that we've solved problems previously, with some of the same tools.

Frank Ross

About this episode

Frank Ross, who leads cybersecurity engineering and operations at General Mills, believes our D&I efforts reuse old, standardized tools and leave out the people they mean to help. When people hear the word diversity, he said, many start asking whether they're included at all. His answer is to start with inclusion. After George Floyd's death, Frank and four General Mills colleagues formed a nonprofit that sends uplifting books with BIPOC characters to young children and their families.

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