Jack Naidoo experienced some really horrible cases of racism in South Africa. Naidoo shared these early experiences with a senior colleague through Cisco’s so-called proximity initiative. This encourages all the company’s leaders to reach out to a colleague whose identity and background differ from their own. The one-to-one conversations are an opportunity to understand the impact of different lived experiences — whether of race, sexuality, disability or otherwise — on them.
Jack Naidoo experienced some really horrible cases of racism in South Africa. Naidoo shared these early experiences with a senior colleague through Cisco’s so-called proximity initiative. This encourages all the company’s leaders to reach out to a colleague whose identity and background differ from their own. The one-to-one conversations are an opportunity to understand the impact of different lived experiences — whether of race, sexuality, disability or otherwise — on them.