Words, words, words
Igor Suran Those magical combinations of letters that become a reflection of our thoughts. Of ourselves. Because we are our thoughts. And we are our words. And, often, the only way for others to get ...
THE EVOLUTION OF THE LANGUAGE OF TELEVISION
by Michele Lanci Television that is more sensitive to reality Television has changed profoundly over the last few decades, as well as its language and structure, but even more importantly, there has been a reversal ...
Philips talks
Interview with Simona Comandè, General Manager Philips IIG This issue of DiverCity deals with language, and with how communication is fundamental to facilitating and conveying the inclusion of every kind of diversity. Today we meet Simona ...
MUTTI corporate narrative book
Today we meet Michele Laterza, Corporate Communications & PR manager With regard to language, the subject of corporate communication is very important. What do we mean when we talk about ‘corporate communications’? What is meant is ...
THE POWER OF LANGUAGE
In a globalised and digitalised world, verbal communication has become an indispensable tool for expressing oneself and interacting with people who are different to us (in terms of gender, language, sexual orientation…) from all over ...
SOCIAL INCLUSION
by Patrizia Brognoli Project involving young people with down syndrome Decathlon Italy Decathlon Italia’s commitment to inclusion is inspired by our company’s aim: to make sport accessible to as many people as possible, without exception. ...
I communicate.
Therefore I include? In the company’s strategy document, Barilla Lighthouse, diversity is presented as a fundamental corporate goal. In the words of CEO Claudio Colzani, ‘Promoting diversity and inclusion does not only mean doing the ...
STARTING WITH LANGUAGE
Together to include, together to grow Language crystallises reality, shapes thought and, consequently, culture. The words we use are often not neutral and we risk falling into the trap of prejudices and stereotypes. This is ...
NOT JUST WORDS. The road to inclusion, step by step
di Carlamaria Tiburtini The debate on gender neutrality in language is not recent. Already in 2008, the European Parliament began reflecting on the issue, becoming one of the first international organisations to adopt specific multilingual ...
Words that matter
The inclusive language between respect and psychological safety by Chrystelle Simon Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well, Robin Sharma (Author and expert on personal development and leadership) We have known for ...
The words of inclusion
by Elena Belloni Never more so than in this issue has DiverCity’s claim – that words matter – become an indispensable imperative. Words matter, they have value, using them can have consequences. And when we ...
Findomestic: the power of words
When I think of language, the image of Igor Šuran, Executive Director of Parks, immediately resurfaces in my mind, as he stood on the stage of the Alfieri theatre, a small cinema-theatre in Florence that ...
LESSICI INCLUSIVI
by Paola Caselli The importance of images Diversity is more than an exotic state of things. Diversity is a principle of reality: we are not all the same. And what is more, we should not ...
The prison of power
by Stefano Ciccone Looking for new words to express a different way of being in the world of men The way workplaces are organised has often aimed to either emphasise differences in hierarchical terms, or ...
ARCHITETTE – the feminine plural
by Mariacristina Brembilla Language as a tool for gender empowerment Last November, Kamala Harris – in the White House, Maria Luisa Pellizzari – in the Italian Police, and Antonella Polimeni – at La Sapienza University, ...
Look at me, I’m talking with you
Clothing, with its shapes, colours and styles is an integral part of our daily communication and interaction processes. Ugo Volli, in his Block Modes: The Language of the Body and Fashion, compares a wardrobe to ...
AVIVA SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE OF INCLUSION
Aviva Communities, internal networks for discussing values and welfare The theme of language is particularly important to us because only by changing everyday words and terms will we be able to revolutionise our thoughts and ...
George Orwell, 1984
by Silvia Rota Sperti It was 1948 when George Orwell began writing his most famous and widely discussed book. He titled it 1984, deliberately inverting the final two figures of the year he was writing ...
LAURIE ANDERSON AND LANGUAGE AS A VIRUS
by Davide Sapienza The musical avant-gardes have always been aware of the primordial strength of sound: combining it in new forms, artists who wanted new languages have always asked themselves questions about the meaning of ...
Ten questions to Alessandra Sinibaldi
Market Access Director at Janssen D&I Champion Johnson & Johnson Italy What type of child were you? What kind of an education did you receive? When and how did you decide to study Chemistry and ...
Visual Poetry and Concrete Poetry – Greta Schödl and Tomaso Binga
by Paola Ugolini Writing is the painting of the voice – Voltaire Visual poetry is an artistic phenomenon that developed over the course of the 1950s in the blazing climate of the European neo-avant-garde movement, ...
TIM: The Deaf People Included Project
by C. Cannarile, R. Putignano, L. De Carlo How a small community has managed to make a great contribution to corporate culture… and go the ‘extra mile’ together In a large company like TIM, there ...
NOMINA SUNT CONSEQUENTIA RERUM
by Miriam Frigerio What is different, normal, not normal? Words tell stories: stories about us, our worlds, our thoughts. But words also tell us about themselves. And, with their stories, their sometimes alternating fortunes, their ...
It is impossible not to communicate
by Antonia Del Vecchio The importance of communication in the inclusion of disabilities Human communication has always fascinated me, and when I decided to become a relational psychotherapist, the relevance was immediate. Before addressing the ...
We are not the same, it is time to prove it
by Nadia Bertaggia Normalising change starting with communication and human relationships We are again faced with an uncertain and critical situation, with the return of feelings such as fear, alarm and panic, which had already ...
Diversity is not a threat but an opportunity
by Terence Parris I am writing this as a Black man raised in the East End of London (the relevance of this will become clear), who went on to be fortunate in his career and ...
Are You Managing Your Emotional Wake? Three Ways Leaders Can Positively Impact Those Around Them
by Rose Cartolari When boats pass you by on a lake, they leave a wake — a trail of frothing waves that, even if you didn’t actually see the boat pass by, tell you that ...
The art of language
by Nicole Riva Words and silences among the pages of Goliarda Sapienza’s masterpiece ‘No’. This is the syllable that Goliarda Sapienza, initially an actress in the theatre and cinema and subsequently a writer, heard every ...
Ten questions to Giorgio Siracusa
What were you like when you were younger? How were you educated? The first question Italians ask of each other when they meet for the first time is, “Where are you from in Italy?” It ...
Focus: Language
by Mara Zavagno I was born in Italy in 1973, in a village called Spilimbergo, which is famous for the Mosaic School of Friuli. My family has a long history of being involved in mosaic ...
Language @Work
by Mara Tanelli, AA. VV. How gender biases and stereotypes manifest in corporate language and how technology can support the analysis and mitigation of their effects Recent technological advances are making it possible to collect ...
Is Diversity Diverse?
by Chiara Bersano Diversity appears to be a beautifully simple concept: we are all people, and we should all have the same opportunities. Diversity is quite a different proposition. There are visible and invisible traits ...
Communication and information in a post-Covid era
by Luca Montani There is an unstoppable desire to resume ‘normal’ life, to emerge from a long torpor. So be it! But are we sure about starting over as things were before? I would like ...
ALL ABOARD!
di Stéphane Codeluppi Inclusive communication at Costa Cruises With over 20,000 employees from 70 countries on 5 continents, the Costa group has always considered its human capital one of its greatest assets and the custodian ...
Sustainability in perspective
by Chiara Zaccariotto The insurance and financial services sector has been able to transform a critical moment into an opportunity to rediscover its social role in order to ensure the well-being of its people, and ...
Valuing everyone, even through words: Snam’s Inclusive Language Manifesto
Marta Luca, Head of Human Capital Development and Diversity & Inclusion Language allows for effective behaviour, while actions make their most impactful difference when accompanied by the right words. How many times have the words ...
The brain and languages
by Elisa Gaggero and Silvia Martella Why intercultural teams are more innovative In the movie Arrival, linguist Louise Banks, played by Amy Adams, is selected by the US government to try to communicate with extra-terrestrials ...
Interview with Luciano Canfora
Intervista a Luciano Canfora, uno dei massimi esperti del mondo antico.
Microsoft.The digital at people’s disposal
Microsoft helps people and organisations all over the world to do more with technology. Today, the company provides businesses and individuals with cloud computing , Artificial Intelligence and Security solutions to carry out digital transformation ...
Cooking is an Art
OLIMPIA ZAGNOLI FOR BARILLA “Prendete un viaggiatore che sceglie un sentiero sbagliato. Se il sentiero gli fa scoprire cose su se stesso e sul mondo che non avrebbe mai conosciuto e che lo rendono una ...
Konecrane
I was born in Italy in 1973, in a village called Spilimbergo, which is famous for the Mosaic School of Friuli. My family has a long history of being involved in mosaic art and painting, ...
Inclusione in Enel
Intervista a Iliana Totaro, Head of People Development Holding ENEL ROMA, 27 APRILE 2016 In logica matematica, i Teoremi di Incompletezza sono due famosi teoremi formulati da Kurt Gödel nel 1931 e danno dimostrazione incontestabile ...
Eugenio Pirri
So Eugenio, what were you like when you were younger? How were you educated? I’m first generation Canadian and I had a wonderful childhood, as I was really closed to my parents and to my ...
Ferrari, a Company with People at its center
a cura della Redazione – Behind every Company’s success story are the men and women who work there every day. In Ferrari, the pursuit of excellence in its products goes hand in glove with the ...
LADIES
“An overwhelming and real film” – rtsun From the directors of “Petite Soeur”, in competition at the Berlinale 2020 and selected to represent Switzerland at the 2021 Oscars, an ironic and profound documentary on women over ...
EDITORIAL – I Mandarini VIII
Was the lockdown (in Italy) tiring, complex and even complicated? Yes. Did it impose a radical change in rhythms, routines, relationships, obligations and rights? Yes. Did it highlight what every environmentalist has been repeating relentlessly ...
THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY – Look to the future
Intesa Sanpaolo responded to the Coronavirus emergency with a resilience and speed that cannot be taken for granted in such a large and complex organisation – 90.000 employees, two-thirds of whom are in Italy – ...
Cover Story: CHIARA BISCONTI
This changes everything. I met Chiara Bisconti in 2015 at a conference organized by the municipality of Bergamo titled “Smart Working Smart Companies” and I liked her immediately, that’s how I work. Something about her ...
Arcus Pride 2020
By the editorial staff Supporting the values of inclusion and diversity. In 2020, Pride Month, celebrated in the month of June every year, was celebrated differently, given that, because of the healthcare emergency, all of ...
DISABILITY IN THE TIME OF COVID
By Elena Belloni One fact is clear to all: this emergency situation has increased social isolation, especially for those who are disabled or have a disabled relative, and it has inevitably highlighted rifts and distances ...
WHEN SCHOOL AND LITERATURE HAVE TO DEAL WITH TECHNOLOGY
By Nicole Riva If for a moment we forget about the great classics of the past and try to grasp a closer feel of the literary production of the second half of the twentieth century, ...
MATILDA EFFECT – We give back to women their own merits
By Paola Mascaro The Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover, scheduled to be landing on Mars in 2022, will bear the name of a great English scientist, sadly known for being the victim of one of the ...
Philippines 1986 - Benigo S. Aquino - Souvenir Sheet - MNH
By Chrystelle Simon Inclusion means opportunity. In ordinary times, it is important to really recognise the value of differences and develop them on an upward trajectory, to seize more business opportunities, to improve well-being within ...
EAST MEETS WEST
By Pavel Subrt e Ludo Swinnen There are many organisations, which work with and for the LGBTI community. They range from large international institutions to very small local NGOs. The Eastern part of the European ...
IF NOT NOW, WHEN? – Inclusive leaders in the era of Covid-19
By Angela Amodio There is no doubt that the current global scenario has forced organizations to face new and unprecedented challenges. In most countries, the first major effect has been the huge increase of the ...
INCLUSION IS LONG – TERM VALUE – the pandemic accelerates D&I at Generali
By the Editorial Staff The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of our lives from work to social interactions and it has taken a toll on the community – families, employees, working parents and caregivers. ...
LBTQWomen WHERE ARE THEY? Why is it that lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer Women seem always to be standing alone, rather than united?
Divercity sat down with Pippa Dale, Head of Global Market Roadshows at BNP Paribas and one of the founding members of LBTQWomen, to find out more. Dale, speaking with a clipped accent and a distinct ...
DISRUPTION – The experiences to be carried into the new normality
By the editorial team This is not the first time that the aeronautical sector has faced a serious crisis – we need only think of 9/11 and the financial crisis of 2008, which brough the ...
Ten questions for Giovanna Bellezza, Industrial Relations Manager for Gruppo TIM
How many employees does TIM have and how are they distributed in Italy and abroad? We are quite a large organisation: today there are circa 43.000 employees in Italy and around 9.600 employees in Brazil, ...
SMART WORKING, REMOTE WORKING – Much more than that
January 23rd, 2020: China imposes a lockdown to Wuhan and other cities in Hubei Province. First Dow offices close in the Asia Pacific region. Plants keep running with increased safety measures. First 60% Dow employees ...
FEMALE LEADERSHIP – Is technology an ally to diversity?
By Anna Tavano The Covid-19 pandemic created an exceptional crisis that was very different from that of 2008, and which it is often compared to. We are facing a completely new scenario here, which has ...
State Street – READY FOR CHANGE
Even before the pandemic caused by Covid-19, work-life balance was a topic that was important to State Street and to management. Our policies, applied globally, allow employees to manage and coordinate their private and professional ...
#IWORKFROMHOME – Enel
The emergency created by the spread of Covid-19 marked a turning point because of all the implications and consequences it had: people’s lives came to a standstill, as did all the activities that each of ...
Cover Story: TELMO PIEVANI
10 February 2020 Telmo Pievani, born in 1970, is an Italian philosopher, professor and evolutionist. To find out this information, you can look up on Wikipedia. Since I have known him for some years now, ...
Cover Story: ALESSIA MOSCA
Milan, December 9, 2019 It is in the Italy-ASEAN office on Corso Buenos Aires that I met Alessia Mosca, born in 1975. With a degree in Philosophy and PhD in political science, she was an member ...
PINK WASHING OR CULTURAL SHIFT – The corporate race to stand for LGBTI equality
Di FABRICE HOUDART Western companies find themselves under unprecedented pressure to bolster their reputation as “good citizens”. Millennials and Gen-Zs, increasingly divested from the democratic process, search instead for agency as employees, customers and shareholders. ...
Cover Story: DARYL BEETON
WE ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, NOT CENTRESTAGE BUT PLACED IN THE WINGS, PEEKING OUT AND OBSERVING THE ACTION. After I’ve met Daryl, after I’ve seen his performance A Square World (enlightening ...
Cover Story: DANIEL DANSO
By Valentina Dolciotti What have you done to make it different? London. The Pride Parade took place a week ago and yet the air we breathe, under this hot and unexpected sun, is full of ...
Cover Story: ROSE CARTOLARI
We recently spoke with Rose Cartolari, a Columbia Business School trained Leadership Advisor and Executive Coach, about the challenges and opportunities that organizations have in creating and building effective Diversity and Inclusion programs. Having lived and been ...
Cover Story: CLAUDIA PARZANI
Suddenly, a flurry of fresh air bangs the door open pouring its flow into the room and turning some of the papers upside down. For a brief moment I feel shivers running through my body, ...
Cover Story: IGOR ŠURAN
Milano, January 30, 2018 His elegance resemble the moves of a nineteenth century man, observing everything from below his thick dark eyebrows, and speaking like he is spelling each word with a British, or maybe ...
Ten questions to SIMONA COMANDE’
What were you like when you were younger? How were you educated? How did your parents’ cultural diversity influence your growth? I was born in Finland to a Finnish mother and Sicilian father, I was ...
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The mandarins #9
Editorial, Valentina Dolciotti L ooking to the news, unfortunately, never disappoints. To discuss language and the responsibility it always carries with it, I can’t help but take a position regarding the infamous story (the ideal ...
Inclusion in the workplace and satisfaction
by Paolo Beretta ‘I am a graduate student and I belong to the “protected categories”, as defined by art.1., as a disabled person. My life changed following a road accident: I suffered very serious injuries. ...
“DO NOT ASK US”
by Valeria Colombo When I started thinking about the theme of language, the first thing that came to mind is a poem by Eugenio Montale titled ‘Do not ask us for the word that gives ...
WORDS THAT EXCLUDE
by Igor Suran Words, words, words. Those magical combinations of letters that become a reflection of our thoughts. Of ourselves. Because we are our thoughts. And we are our words. And, often, the only way ...
RICE AND SILK – IDENTITY
by Alessia Mosca Seeing is believing and if you have examples you can dream bigger. Looking at non-stereotypical leaders or role models effectively reinforces change in the culture of equality: if we use more and ...
Smart life – A Journey of Change and Inclusion
Three months. Three months that changed the world, our lives, our equilibrium. In positive and negative ways. Those who, during the lockdown, were hoping for a new normal devoted to sustainability and universal harmony may ...
Philips talks – Interview with Simona Comandè, General Manager Philips IIG
This issue of DiverCity deals with language, and with how communication is fundamental to facilitating and conveying the inclusion of every kind of diversity. Today we meet Simona Comandè, General Manager for Philips Italy, Israel ...
Diversity Day is transformed – This is Digital Diversity Day 2020: a completely new, completely digital event!
by Joshua Paveri The fourth edition of Diversity Day is coming on November 30, 2020, the career day dedicated to people with disabilities and those who are in the protected categories and are in search ...
The power of words
When I think of language, the image of Igor Šuran, Executive Director of Parks, immediately resurfaces in my mind, as he stood on the stage of the Alfieri theatre, a small cinema-theatre in Florence that ...
I communicate – Therefore I include?
In the company’s strategy document, Barilla Lighthouse, diversity is presented as a fundamental corporate goal. In the words of CEO Claudio Colzani, ‘Promoting diversity and inclusion does not only mean doing the right thing, but ...