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DIGITALIZATION OF THE DEMAND-SIDE: By Michele Tunzi and Svend Svendsen
MEMBER COMPANY PROFILE: DIN FORSYNING By Claus A. Nielsen
Adriana: What made me laugh was to see how uncomfortable
the room was at the beginning of the session with the drag queens. We were all like 'oh, this is so weird...' And I was sitting next to people that I'm negoti- ating with or consultants that I work with and we were all like 'aaah....this is not what we do...". And as time went by, things just changed. People embraced it and were designing their dolls…
Lina: ...there was dancing…
The data suggests diversity correlates with better financial performance. Likelihood of financial performance above national industri median, by diversity quartile, % Ethic diversity Top quartile Bottom quartile 58
Adriana: …dancing - that made me laugh a lot! We were just so awkward and out of our com- fort space as soon as we had to do something with glitter and glue and paper!
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Gender diversity Top quartile Bottom quartile
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Gender and ethic diversity combined Top quartile All other quartiles
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Source: McKinsey Diversity Database
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