Diversity thrives!

Regular readers will recall previous pond blogs.  Today I noticed a rather exciting visitor, a full blown grass snake!  I know they like to swim and maybe it was dealing with the heat wave, or perhaps just after one of my other ‘guests’ the adult frogs.

We have such a huge number of wild visitors be they feathered, amphibious or water-dwellers, that it is a constant source of fascination.

The pond naturally attracts creatures that exploit every niche and resource that it offers.  If only more businesses were as  good at attracting talent and deployed it with the same efficiency.  Most people have a unique gift, but it is rare that employers are able to really put these ‘round pegs’ in the perfect shaped holes!  When you are able to match people’s gifts / interests with their roles, morale and profit goes up.

Perhaps diversity should be seen as a the rich resource that it is rather than as a disruption…

“We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.”   Jimmy Carter

“Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.”  Madame de Stael

Tags: diversity, pond life, round pegs

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