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Was Our Love a Lie? Breaking Up with DEI
Ayşe Nazmiye Uça is the Founder and Chairman of the Turkish Payroll Association and established Turkey’s first payroll outsourcing company 26 years ago. Her company, Datassist, leads the market in technology-centered payroll services, catering to Fortune 500 companies and major Turkish corporations. Datassist excels in Regulation Technologies (RegTech) and continues to expand through strategic investments and business partnerships, aiming to offer comprehensive services in an evolving market. In 2024, Ayşe ranked 20th among Turkey’s top 100 female founders by Fast Company magazine, based on company turnover. Her life purpose is to shape organizations, create new opportunities, and guide her employees toward achieving their career goals. 08 I 04:05
What’s Happening to DEI? A t its peak, the corporate embrace of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) felt like a modern Romeo and Juliet story — full of bold declarations, grand promises, and hope for lasting change. But just like Shakespeare’s lovers, it was always fragile. Political backlash, financial pressures, and cultural shifts quietly tore them apart. Today, companies have packed away their public love for DEI, folding it into a drawer like a forgotten
DEI: A Love Story Facing Reality During the pandemic and the social justice wave that followed, DEI was not just a box to tick; it was paraded as the future. LinkedIn profiles, sustainability reports, panels, and year-end reviews — all were bursting with DEI enthusiasm. But was this passion real, or just a response to the zeitgeist? According to Paradigm’s recent report, companies’ DEI goals have dropped by 22% since 2023. Even Fortune 100 giants, once vocal Romeos on the balcony, are now tiptoeing quietly off the stage.
letter. Which leaves us asking: Was our love ever real?
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