René Bakker, Professor of Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Work, has been named one of the MT/Sprout Inclusive 30, an annual list of 30 ‘inclusive doers, thinkers, and leaders’. Despite, or perhaps because of, the growing ‘anti-woke’ sentiment, Bakker believes it’s more
Since late last year, employers in the US and beyond have started rolling back their diversity, equity and inclusion policies. This is deepening divisions in an already polarised debate and posing important challenges for managers. Read the article
The Paradox of Inclusion states that in order to promote the acceptance of people with disabilities in the labor market, we must first better understand what inclusion actually is, and how it works in our brain. The Paradox of Inclusion provides a set of
Entrepreneurship has the potential to be inclusive. But that potential is currently not being realized. In this essay, we argue that when it comes to “inclusive entrepreneurship,” we must first better understand what makes entrepreneurship inclusive and ask questions that
Strategy in this new, fast-paced world revolves around three key skills: Diagnose, or diagnosing the diverse range of complex challenges organizations face, Decide, or deciding on solutions to address those challenges, and Deliver, or delivering results by taking action. Based
People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, with more than 1 billion people worldwide. But four decades after the UN General Assembly adopted the Global Program of Action on Persons with Disabilities, people with disabilities continue to
With René Bakker the glass is always half full. At least, that is the approach he embraces as professor of Inclusive Entrepreneurship at Tilburg University. His research focuses on inclusive entrepreneurship and how it can provide a path to economic