What Are The Implications Of The ‘Cultural Diversity Index’?

The Diversity Index is a weighted index that considers various pillars of cultural diversity: cultural heritage, country of birth, language, and worldview/religion. The number of the index has no objective quantitative value. It allows an organisation to track changes to its diversity that occur through recruitment and attrition. It is a useful way to track through a single metric and/or changes to cultural diversity levels over time. It is also a useful way to heuristically compare (with the click of a button) the diversity of different departments, states / regions, countries etc.  It will display the areas of an organisation that may be rich in diversity, too diverse, or the very opposite; this then informs an organisation as to the implications of their diversity when tracked against further metrics such as staff retention, productivity, profits and well-being.

Diversity Atlas produces one weighted diversity index, and then separate indices for each of the following metrics: country of birth diversity, language diversity, worldview/religious diversity, and cultural heritage and diversity. Having these additional / separate indices allows you to understand quickly which of the pillars are more or less diverse across departments or geographies of an organisation.