{"id":452,"date":"2020-01-31T15:11:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=452"},"modified":"2024-11-15T15:15:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:15:15","slug":"john-samuel-president-of-lci-tech-on-the-diversity-you-cant-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/john-samuel-president-of-lci-tech-on-the-diversity-you-cant-see\/","title":{"rendered":"John Samuel, Manager, LCI Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Most of the time when we talk about diversity, we think race, gender, and sexual orientation. But diversity goes way beyond the obvious. There\u2019s diversity of thinking, diversity of backgrounds, diversity of current situation, diversity of ability or disability. In this episode, John Samuel talks about diversity and inclusion on some of those things that aren\u2019t quite so obvious. 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