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Congratulations on your diversity policy, but why can't poor people work here?

There's a key scene in the film The Pursuit of Happyness, which I caught on the plane ride home from a business trip last week; it speaks volumes about how companies fail to account for the financially diverse backgrounds of their employees, even while having corporate policy in support of diversity.

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A new gig: Blogging for Fast Company

Just when I thought that I couldn't possibly fit in another blogging opportunity my favorite mag asks me to blog for them. I wrote for the print version of Fast Company last year about, among other things, blogging and distributed work. Now looky, I get to walk my talk. Thanks to FC Online editor Lynne D. Johnson for the opportunity.

In case you are wondering, I'll be writing about the changing work environment and women in the workplace. Sometimes these topics will be mutually exclusive, sometimes not. Relax, I'll save the TMI for Pause.