The spice of agency life
There’s been a lot of talk about diversity in the workplace recently. And with good reason. Agencies have been slow to recognize the talents of women and minorities for quite some time. Hopefully, recent efforts will begin to right those wrongs.
But there is another kind of diversity that gets a lot less attention—diversity of thought.
Are we really making ourselves more diverse if we find minority and women employees from Brooklyn or Venice Beach who love Radiohead, Breaking Bad and Apple products?
How about bringing in a monster truck fan? Or a Miley Cyrus fan. Or (God forbid), someone who likes TV shows that appear on network television.
Maybe we could even get someone who works on a PC (yes, they’re out there, in fact they still make up about 90% of computer users).
Perhaps we could find a few Republicans. And a couple of born-again Christians. Sprinkle in a handful of Wiccans.
Our job is to communicate with the American people. Seems like we should have a full compliment of Americans to make sure we get the messaging right.
Plus, we might learn a thing or two along the way. That can happen when the person sitting next to you doesn’t just echo everything you blurt out.
And in case you’re wondering if this is some kind of ironic rant that’s actually bashing Miley fans and Wiccans, it’s not. If you worked with a more diverse group of people you’d realize that not everyone views the world through the same jaded lens.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a backlog of Two and a Half Men episodes on my DVR I need to start working through.