What If?: Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue »

Competitive advantage in business today is being defined by the winners and losers in the war for talent: hiring and retaining the best and the brightest are what market leadership is all about. What If? delivers a highly creative and innovative new way to explore the issues that dominate today's multicultural, multiethnic workplace. To the 25 witty yet inspiring stories in this collection, Robbins has added tips and suggestions for putting these key learnings into action, and questions and an exercise at the end of each chapter to help readers further explore each topic. Combined, What If? offers a powerful lens into the human experience.

My story

Reframing the World

1 The Right Environment 3

2 A Better Script 11

3 Equal Is Not Always Fair 19

4 It's All in the Details 25

5 Below the Surface 33

6 Cool Features 39

7 A Difference in Weight 45

Revising Mental Models

8 "Bizeer Gummies" 55

9 Inaccurate Maps 61

10 Harmless Images? 67

11 Strange New Worlds 73

12 I Know Everything Already 79

13 Someday They Will See 85

14 Recording Errors 91

Leading and Doing

15 File Cabinets 99

16 Wanted: Good Role Models 105

17 Swimming's Great, Just Don't Get Me Wet 111

18 Use One More Club 115

19 Nubby Sandals 121

Changing the Organization

20 It's the System, Stupid 127

21 A New Search Routine 133

22 A Late Start 139

23 I Hate Board Games 147

24 The Power of Magnification 153

25 More Cookies 159

26 Lion Chase 165

Afterword: I Want to Get Better 175