Quick Talk Podcast: Why diversity & inclusion is a board-level issue

On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, Vicky Sleight, TM Forum’s Global Director, Human Factor and Diversity & Inclusion, talks about why it is critical for telco leadership to take equality, diversity and inclusion seriously as a strategic issue.

“We need the passion and also the drive at the top to enable real change,” Sleight says. “We need to start reflecting the societies that we’re trying to serve with our products and services.”

She adds that companies companies with gender, ethnic and racial diversity are at least 15% more likely to experience, above average financial returns.

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