How do the diversity of your workforce and its inclusion affect your innovative process?
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace has direct and tangible benefits for a company's financial outperformance, innovation potential, and underlying attraction for top talent. Companies that have a higher diversity rate are shown to outperform other organizations in their industry. Furthermore, diversity impacts the innovation climate in organizations, as diverse individuals enrich the innovation flow with fresh ideas. Inclusive companies are much more likely to be innovation leaders in their market. Lastly, job seekers and employees prefer companies with a higher diversity rate, leading to a higher retention rate and positively affecting the decision-making process of the company.