JULY 2020HR TECH OUTLOOK8In MyOpinionAs an ever-evolving organization, ISS sees how the increasing globalization has meant that time, place and the workspace interactions have taken on a new meaning and different characteristics. With the advancements in technology and digital communication, many employees are not as physically bound or even personally attached to their space of work and environment. This could result in that organizations perhaps see greater distancing between employees and lesser sense of community. At ISS, however, this has not been the case in our work with diversity and inclusion. The notion of a globalized mindset is intrinsically a part of being an international organization consisting of about 470,000 employees operating in 44 countries. Thus, we have taken an innovative approach to launching a global diversity & inclusion community, through which employees are given empowerment to collaborate on various diversity & inclusion initiatives on a global scale. The current diversity and inclusion journey at ISS demands an agile approach in the sense that we are creating a community based entirely on voluntary resources. This means that employees in the community are solely driven Lotte Hjortlund Andersen, People & Culture Director and Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, ISS [CPH: ISS]ByCreating A Voluntary GLOBAL COMMUNITY
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