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If Damore was really concerned about a lack of ability to "start conversations", then he should've approached his memo with a shred of humility. He decries Goog
by hypersoar 9y ago
If Damore was really concerned about a lack of ability to "start conversations", then he should've approached his memo with a shred of humility. He decries Google's diversity efforts but does little to suggest he's done much research into that topic itself. In fact, he barely mentions their specific programs at all.
Here [1], by the way, is an interesting overview of diversity programs. It mentions that voluntary diversity training (contrasted with mandatory training) is among the more effective tools for this. IIRC, it was Damore's attendance of such that got him all riled up.
Edit: here's the link:
[1] https://hbr.org/2016/07/why-diversity-programs-fail https://hbr.org/2016/07/why-diversity-programs-fail
- ThomPete 9y agoHe is writing it as feedback (which was encouraged by the HR team) to the very people who set up the program, why on earth would he need to do mention that specifically? He wasn't writing it to you. What in that memo makes you feel that you can claim he didn't start with a shred of humulity? Can you point to any specifics?
- freedomben 9y ago> He decries Google's diversity efforts but does little to suggest he's done much research into that topic itself. I take it you either didn't read the memo, or read the version of the memo with all the references removed (Gizmodo, Buzzfeed, and surely others)
- UncleMeat 9y ago"that topic itself" refers to the diversity program, not his Google scholar searches.