Agency in the Context of Diversity with Rachel Arnett
In her first presentation, Rachel shared some of her work about agency in the context of diversity. Diversity is increasingly a reality of the workplace, and it brings lots of benefits – we gain new perspectives, we gain access to broader and better talent pools, for example, which helps us to innovate and improve how we do things in organizations. And there are also many challenges for example, how do we navigate sources of differences. Rachel’s research explores how the perceived risks and benefits of sharing features and aspects of identity can influence and enhance both individual and collective agency at work.