How to address diversity and inclusion in your hiring process from day one with Dr. Engel

Published: Jan. 22, 2020, 4 a.m.

In today’s episode we are joined by Dr. Yuval Engel, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam. We dive deep into his research on hiring in early-stage startups and explore the concept of diversity debt. We also discuss how companies can build diversity and inclusion in their hiring process. About Dr. Yuval Engel: Dr. Engel is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam. His main research interests are entrepreneurial decision-making under uncertainty and early hiring in startups with a focus on diversity and inclusion. He is originally from Israel but has been living in Amsterdam since 2005. Married to Dr. Lena Knappert-Engel (VU Amsterdam) and father to Milan Engel. Last year, Yuval received a prestigious grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to study diversity debt in startups. Looking to learn more about diversity and inclusion? Here are a few more resources: • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-makes-us-smarter/ • http://projectinclude.org/ • https://harver.com/blog/diversity-in-hospitality/ • https://open.buffer.com/diversity-inclusion/ • https://managingbias.fb.com/ • https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/you-dont-know-what-you-dont- know-how.html • https://rework.withgoogle.com/subjects/unbiasing/ • https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/558806/ • https://qz.com/work/1080530/harvard-economist-iris-bohnet-says-to-eliminate-bias-its-easier-to-change-systems-than-change-people/ • https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/z43wdx/hr-comes-last-at-startups- and-women-pay-the-price • https://medium.com/@Rahul/material-to-get-started-with-diversity-inclusion-at- your-company-91babde7bb00 • https://harver.com/resources/white-paper/diversity-recruiting-2020/ Get in touch with Dr. Yuval Engel: • UvA Page: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/e/n/y.engel/y.engel.html?1579009526944 • Twitter: https://twitter.com/engelyuval • Linkedin: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/yuvalengel • GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DWWleWEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Catch Dr. Yuval Engel at TQ/Masterclass: • Workshop dates and info: 22 April and 24 June, 2020 at 10:00-12:00; check the TQ event calendar for more info closer to that date: https://tq.co/events • Masterclass dates and info: September 30 and December 2, 2020; all the info will be available here in a few days: https://cutt.ly/UVA_HAGIIS