Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2023
What Does DEI Look Like for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses in 2023? The beginning of a calendar year is when companies think about their annual goals and what improvements they…
Small Business Case Study
Diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) small business case study Spectra Diversity Client: Wendy Culver, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mead & Hunt Mead & Hunt is a national engineering and…
Case Study: Diversity & Inclusion Council
Diversity & Inclusion Council: Case Study Background Diversity & Inclusion Councils, Affinity Groups and Employee Resource Groups have been in place for more than 30 years and exist in 90% of…
Liberal Arts University: Diversity and Inclusion Case Study
University Diversity and Inclusion Background: A report by the U.S. Department of Education identified key diversity and inclusion issues facing major universities and colleges in the U.S. It found: Higher…
Starbucks White Chocolate Mess
Today is the day. Starbucks is closing all its company stores this afternoon to conduct implicit bias training. Starbucks’ training is a response to an incident of racial bias that…
Why hire a veteran?
Veterans Make Good Employees When Spectra Diversity launched its assessment in 2017, we did not collect data on veteran status. We began doing so in 2020. Here are the results…
Implementation of DEI
Is DEI as Easy as ABC? Companies of all sizes have incorporated the business case for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) during the last 20 years. A best practice for…
Other Assessments
Other Assessments and How They Compare The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI®), Cultural Quotient (Cultural Intelligence) and the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES) all measure the individual but do not measure the…
Association Partners
Deliver Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Benefits to Association Members
Cultural Assessment Tools and How They Compare
The Spectra Assessment may be used alone or in conjunction with other diversity and inclusion or cultural assessments such as the IDI. The benefit of the ‘dual’ assessment is that…