Most organizations think of DEI as a “bolt-on” activity to be added to various parts of the organization.

Coupled with the potential backlash of poorly designed DEI initiatives, this discourages a lot of leaders from embracing DEI.

This Webinar introduces a radically different way of leveraging DEI by drawing parallels with the way most companies manage their finances. We show how organizations can think of their human assets similarly to how they think about their financial assets.

By drawing clear analogies between the three financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) and the three elements of DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion), We will explain how organizations can benefit by using familiar approaches from financial management to manage their human assets. This leads to a vision for how organizations can embed DEI in all parts of the organization with minimal effort and little pushback.

Speaker Paolo Gaudiano

A former tenured professor turned entrepreneur, Paolo Gaudiano is Chief Scientist of Aleria, President of ARC, Adjunct at NYU Stern School of Business, and Chairman of the annual Diversity & Inclusion Research Conference.

Paolo is a regular Forbes contributor on DEI and author of the 2024 book Measuring Inclusion: Higher Profits and Happier People, Without Guesswork or Backlash. He has published dozens of academic papers and over 100 blogs in major online publications and has been recognized with numerous awards, including a Moonshot House Fellowship from the Kravis Center for Social Impact for his work on DEI.