Endorsements
Andrés Tapia brings a unique combination of personal and professional experience to the subjects of cultural diversity and inclusion. A company sincere about engaging the best and brightest talent has to be serious about these subjects. Tapia's insights and approach can help a company strive toward achieving an inclusive environment in which a richly diverse global workforce can thrive.
Andrés Tapia has focused his keen mind on the most critical issues that are creating global societal change today. "The Inclusion Paradox" is a must-read for all who want to keep ahead of the forces of change.
Andrés Tapia has emerged as a rising star in business strategy. In "The Inclusion Paradox" Tapia challenges us to call out our differences as a critical step to achieve inclusion. This book is a call to action. The mega trends are identified. The sustainable strategies are defined. The probing questions are outlined. Tapia equips the reader to lead change rather than be the victim of it. I will recommend it to executives who are serious about being competitive by embracing and leveraging diversity.
Andrés Tapia has an authentic and wise voice which resonates throughout "The Inclusion Paradox." He tackles the subject of diversity with refreshing candor, tackling head-on the important issues that most people simply sweep under the carpet. This is a must-read for any professional who wants to succeed in today’s workplace.
An insightful and thoughtful analysis by an insightful and thoughtful leader in the field. Andrés captures the essence of the challenges facing global institutions in the 21st century and offers a path to success and sustainability.
Andrés is an insightful and provocative thought leader in diversity and inclusion. Based on his personal and professional experiences, he challenges the conventional approach. In clear and direct language, "The Inclusion Paradox" describes a new way to drive real results in your diversity and inclusion efforts.
In Andrés Tapia’s new book, “The Inclusion Paradox," Andrés masterfully examines American corporations’ challenges with diversity. He astutely analyzes the difference between diversity and inclusion, and the importance of recognizing differences rather than minimizing them.
Andrés Tapia has become one of the foremost thought leaders in the area of workplace diversity. His unique perspectives on inclusion have shifted the paradigm on how leaders now think about diversity. He continues this tradition in his new book “The Inclusion Paradox”, which will surely shape how people embrace employees in this new global age.
Andrés has boldly and with clear precision redefined global leadership. And guess what? He's challenged me to start the transformation in my house and on my street. Brilliant and masterfully done. A must-read for years to come.
Finally, a bold, insightful, and courageous look at diversity and inclusion. Andrés not only touches the truth about the global changes but he provides a relevant, sensible, and actionable understanding of what it is going to take to get diversity and inclusion right. Every leader needs to read this book -- it’s that important!
Andrés Tapia is indeed one of today's most dynamic and exciting thought leaders in the area of diversity inclusion. Andre's has transmuted talents as a communicator, journalist and human resources expert and consultant into an imprimatur and brand that is much in demand. His presentations are exciting and arresting. They encompass a rare combination of South American flair and romantic passion with a keen North American corporate insight to come up with a unique viewpoint of how inclusion can be embedded into all facets of business to make them more productive and profitable.
Andrés Tapia is one of the preeminent thought leaders working in the diversity space today. His unique approach to promoting diversity and inclusion in organizations makes what is often an uncomfortable and contentious topic into a productive, liberating conversation. "The Inclusion Paradox" is a must-read for anyone looking to promote diversity and inclusion in their company or organization. His writing is clear and engaging, and best of all, completely informative.
This book hits the nail on the head! In the ever growing conversation about diversity and inclusion, this book captures the true essence of the dilemmas. You can't have diversity if people are not comfortable enough to bring their full selves to the table...hence the need for inclusion.
Katherine W. Phillips, Director of the Center for the Science of Diversity
Kellogg School of Management
Kellogg School of Management
Andrés is the consummate Diversity and Inclusion professional with a unique way of challenging traditions that are not driving new thinking. His thought leadership in the areas of Cultural Competence and Inclusion is moving Diversity and Inclusion practice to the next level. Visionaries are not MADE, they are BORN to LEAD…that is Andrés Tapia.
This book takes a topic that can be perceived as feel-good liberalism and contextualizes it as crucial for even the most conservative business mind. Tapia explains how demographic, social, economic, and political forces have come together in a perfect storm that can drown and shred the best businesses, as we’ve already seen. He provides clear rationale, strategy, and practical steps for navigating the storm to penetrate new markets, grow existing ones, and attract and retain the best talent.
"The Inclusion Paradox" provides a provocative and shrewd perspective on global diversity. It provides a lucid picture of the globalized world and is a definitive handbook for business and diversity executives who want to succeed in shaping an inclusive work environment. The analysis provided in this book is illuminating, far reaching and most importantly, absolutely correct. Tapia’s book is notable for its emphasis on a global diversity perspective as a driving catalyst for economic growth in Corporate America.
Dr. Robert Rodriguez, author of Latino Talent and Diversity Executive Magazine columnist
Latino Talent Book
Latino Talent Book
"The Inclusion Paradox" by Andrés Tapia provides a compelling, 21st century perspective toward an age-old question: How can the United States and our global community create a truly inclusive environment across the vast span of cultural differences? The solution, according to the author, is to engage the minds and hearts of all people through the constructive management of our differences. In order to do this effectively, intercultural competence is essential. To this end, "The Inclusion Paradox" brings the development of intercultural competence directly to the domestic and international table. Tapia provides needed information on why we need to rethink how inclusion operates in our workplaces and gives us personal stories that show how different cultural perspectives dramatically impact relationships in our families and organizations. "The Inclusion Paradox" provides practical solutions organizations can implement to develop cross-cultural competence and meet diversity and inclusion goals. This book is, quite simply, required reading for leaders today.
Dr. Mitch Hammer, CEO and co-creator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
Hammer Consulting
Hammer Consulting
Our Township High School District 113 staff, a group of high achieving, well-educated professionals, met Andrés Tapia once and were “wowed” by his presentation and knowledge base. His Human Resources expertise challenged us to rethink our priorities and practices as we strive to prepare our students for the 21st Century. Andrés, an outstanding facilitator, is also a wonderful story teller who immediately connects with others. While developing a warm, safe, and comfortable environment, he is capable of pushing participants to reflect on the challenging implications of an increasingly dynamic global reality. "The Inclusion Paradox" teaches an essential capacity, learning to manage differences in productive ways. Chapters such as "I Need Your Differences… and You Need Mine" speak directly to educators charged with preparing all students to succeed in a world where diversity must be, as he says -- understood, embraced, and “called out” so that crosscultural competence emerges as a result.
Learning from and working with Andrés Tapia has made a huge impact on me. While I have been involved with diversity and inclusion for many years as an HR professional, I had a lot to learn about the way to optimize these principles in a global company. Andrés provided me with an awareness of self and others that helped me in my quest to leverage diversity and inclusion on work teams. He has amazing insights and is able to probe deeply into the subconscious biases of individuals and organizations. We all have these biases. A heightened awareness of our similarities and differences and how we use that awareness is key in creating and leveraging the power of engagement and innovation on work teams.
Andrés Tapia has made profound contributions to advancing diversity and inclusion at Hewitt Associates and the field in general. His uncanny ability to weave together the unique tapestries of various cultural perspectives has helped to enlighten, inspire, educate and even transform our understanding of a topic that can often be complex and controversial. "The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity" is a significant contribution to the field drawing on Tapia's vast business and personal experiences to map a blueprint of the global, multicultural, multi-generational world that is quickly emerging.
In his new book, Andrés Tapia leaves no stone unturned in addressing the thorny issues of diversity and inclusion, including how they’ve evolved and why corporations must and can do better in making them a more organic part of business in the 21st century. Tapia’s advice is not only sound, but delivered with great intimacy and insight. That’s because, given his Peruvian roots and successful rise in corporate America, diversity and inclusion are deeply personal matters—and have been for the almost decade I’ve known him as both a friend and a colleague. He has been a real pioneer in this area, talking about how to find the synergy between our gender, faith, sexual, age, and cultural differences long before it was fashionable, asking hard questions, offering contemplative answers, and advocating for an approach that goes beyond just forming committees and day-long diversity training. In "The Inclusion Paradox", Tapia offers a chapter-by-chapter series of cautionary tales and compelling solutions for avoiding them. His gives a moving practical, theoretical, anecdotal, and passionate account of how to “be the change we want to see” and adjust our mindsets to make diversity and the practice of inclusion like breathing. I highly recommend it for anybody living and working, well, anywhere.
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