Sheetal Shah’s Post

Schindler is celebrating Inclusion and Diversity Week!   This year, we are doing something special; namely the “Human Library”. We have invited all our colleagues worldwide to join us to celebrate the richness of our diversity by sharing individual stories through our "Human Library".   A human library is where the "Books" are actually people who tell their particular stories. This library lets you borrow people instead of books. At the Human Library you get the chance to listen to someone else's story and learn from their perspective. It's a chance to be curious about our differences and individual uniqueness.   Who can be a “book”? A human book can be anyone. For example, a vegetarian, a Zoroastrian, a person with disability, a non-binary person, a man who likes to knit, or someone who changed their nationality. Anything which might be unique, different, or which impacts one's identity.   Key benefits: 1. To learn something you didn’t know and challenge your perceptions. 2. To help bringing people together. 3. To restore some of the human connections frayed by the pandemic   What unique initiatives are you taking to celebrate diversity?   #Inclusion #Diversity #Leadership #Schindler

Tejinder Gupta

General Manager at Schindler India Pvt. Ltd.

2mo

Great initiative. Yesterday we have also celebrated I&D week in our region , good part is participation of team was very good & team has shared some real stories of some of EI sites .

Avdesh Malaiya

Global President - OHSSAI Foundation, IEHSS & SAFE2GO

2mo

Inspiring Sheetal Shah ji. #OHSSAIGlobalAward #DEIAward www.ohssai.org

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I had heard of this idea a few years back in one of the Scandinavian countries and found it incredibly powerful. So great to see this getting adopted across organizations as well. Would love to hear what the reaction from the participants was.

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Robbie KCee

Storytelling for businesses with a 'why' | Video is my tool, authenticity is my sauce :)

2mo

This is so cool. Books, library, human stories... I'd love to create something with it. Can we discuss this in DM?

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Simple yet so profound :-) Such a wonderful idea to embrace diversity. Love it.

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Send me connection I will accept❤️

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Rohit Singh

Expert in Procurement, Logistics, and Strategic Sourcing | Senior Supply Chain Management

2mo

Nice innovative way to celebrate Diversity week👍

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Sushmita Sahoo

Human Resources Professional | Ex-Licious | MBA (HR) Christ University

1mo

Glad to see the Human library concept embraced at Schindler. Brilliant way to foster empathy and break down barriers!

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Sriram Satish C K

President & Global Supply Chain Leader| SC Tx Specialist | Strategic partnership lead | Industry 4.0 |Six Sigma & Lean Practitioner | CPO Mentor | Project Management | Motivational Speaker |

2mo

Nice thought. Sheetal.

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Shivangi Shinari

Enterprise Sales Manager | B2B SaaS Sales

2mo

There's a series on Netflix called Little Things - where I first saw the concept of human libraries. I always wished I could experience one. I'm glad to see an organisation taking this initiative in the professional setting 👏👏 Amazing!

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