In this episode I talk about history as a defining aspect of critical perspectives on diversity in organizations. I discuss different ways of critically reading, writing and imagining history. I connect history with diversity through three main themes - slavery, forgotten histories and postcolonialism. I discuss examples of topics, figures and research linking organizations, diversity and history, and the ongoing value and importance of historical perspectives.

In this chapter I consider what it means to take a critical perspective on management and organizations in general, and more specifically on diversity in organizations. I discuss Critical Management Studies (CMS) definitions, schools of thought, journals, topics and some examples of pieces of critical research. I conclude that management would be much impoverished were it not for a lively pluralism of diverse critical perspectives.

In this episode I talk about mainstream approaches to diversity in organizations - typically North American, quantitative/statistical in design and drawing on applied team psychology. I note some of the contributions of such approaches, but also some of their limitations.

In this episode I talk more about the Introduction to the book - some general views on diversity as a topic, thinking critically about differences and organizations, and how examples and stories can reveal the complexity and contexts of diversity.

In this initial episode, I give an overview of the book, its four main parts, and its thirteen chapters.