Interview: How to work with Diversity

Abstract

Andreas Müller: We are delighted to have the opportunity to talk with Juhani Ilmarine today, who is an emeritus professor of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki at the moment and has been CEO of Juhani Ilmarinen Consulting Ltd in Vantaa, Finland, since 2009. Juhani, what did you think when you were invited to a conference on re-thinking diversity? What was the first thought that came to your mind?

Juhani Ilmarinen: Well, my first impression was that it was a very important topic and that I hadn’t seen any conferences or workshops on that topic for a while. So I appreciated the possibility to think about the diversity issue in a working life context. I am still very convinced that we have to re-think the diversity issue. Therefore I was really interested in giving my input on the subject.