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Good point about Target misjudging its client base, Ernesto. The 2023 blow-back against their "Pride" displays apparently came from people who didn't shop at Target anyway. Dropping DEI just alienated a chunk of their cliental without appeasing the opposition. It's good news that organizations are ...

We've seen articles about companies that have prospered by doubling down on DEI. The linked Forbes article suggests that Target stores erred by publicly abandoning their DEI commitments. Do you agree that's the cause or is it something else? Is there a lesson for engineering firms? Bill Mc The Quiet ...

I watched the Instagram video. While the background information is important, I think there are more effective approaches for making changes to existing areas with similar issues. An approach seeking allies would be more likely to produce desirable outcomes. A video might point out the temperature and ...

Thanks, Michelle. You pose excellent and timely questions. The Arizona city's "Shade Phoenix" initiative (link below) has admirable aims, methods, and successes in a city strongly affected by global warming and its resulting climate change effects. It funds the commonly recommended green spaces and ...

I agree, Ernesto. I hear that even projects mentioning biological diversity have been cut off because that word appeared in the documentation. It's a terrible situation when saying, "a diversity of ideas" triggers someone. Someone has suggested the newer acronym JEDI might fly under the radar. I'm thinking ...