Disrupt Bias, Drive Value: A New Path Toward Diverse, Engaged, and Fulfilled Talent (Center for Talent Innovation)

THE CENTER FOR TALENT INNOVATION (CTI) is a New York City–based think tank which focuses on the retention and acceleration of underrepresented labor in the global marketplace. CTI’s research partners now number more than ninety multinational companies and organizations.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founder and CEO of the Center for Talent Innovation and Hewlett Consulting Partners LLC. A Cambridge-trained economist, her research focuses on global and diverse talent management. She is author of twelve critically acclaimed books, including Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Hewlett has taught at Columbia and Princeton universities. In 2014, the European Diversity Awards honored her with its Global Diversity Award.

Ripa Rashid is co-president at the Center for Talent Innovation and a managing partner at Hewlett Consulting Partners. A graduate of Harvard University and INSEAD’s MBA program, Rashid spent over a decade as a management consultant and held senior positions at MetLife and Time Warner. She is coauthor of Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011).

Laura Sherbin is co-president at the Center for Talent Innovation and a managing partner at Hewlett Consulting Partners. She is an economist who specializes in the creation of competitive advantage through inclusion and diversity. Holding a PhD from American University, Sherbin has taught at Columbia University. She has coauthored multiple Center for Talent Innovation reports and Harvard Business Review Research Reports, including The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering, and Technology.