- From: Léonie Watson <lwatson@tetralogical.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:52:51 +0000
- To: "Levantovsky, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Levantovsky@monotype.com>, Positive Work Environment Community Group <public-pwe@w3.org>
On 31/10/2019 17:42, Levantovsky, Vladimir wrote: > Leonie wrote: > > It's common practice for organisations to offer "sensitivity" training > to help employees with this, and I think it would be wonderful if W3C > could offer something of the sort to chairs… Vladimir replied: > > While I am supportive of the idea in general, I think we need to come up > with a better name for it. It is true that many organizations offer > “sensitivity training” to their employees but from what I’ve heard (no > personal experience with it!) – this is often “offered” as a punitive > action, when someone has done/said something improper. I'm not fond of the title either. I know some organisations only offer it to employees after concerns with their behaviour have been raised, but others offer it as part of the induction or on-boarding process for all newcomers. Vladimir continued: > > Since our intentions are purely educational, maybe we need to come up > with a different name, but I don’t have anything to propose off the top > of my head. Perhaps inclusion training or inclusivity training? Naming things is hard! Léonie.-- Director @TetraLogical
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