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229: How the LGBT+ community and their allies are changing the global economy with Jens Schadendorf

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JENS SCHADENDORF is an economist, author and keynote-speaker on topics related to diversity and inclusion (D&I), primarily LGBT+ D&I, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and leadership. He also advises companies, scientists, and managers on book projects globally and consults on communications, change, and CSR matters. Alongside this, he is also an independent LGBT+ diversity researcher at the Chair of Business Ethics at the Technical University of Munich. His book is entitled GaYme Changer. The LGBT+ community has experienced a stunning development in a short period of time: yesterday marginalized, stigmatized, and criminalized, now champions of creativity, diversity and innovation in a highly competitive  world. In addition, corporate social responsibility and ethical demands for inclusivity have become economic directives that every organization would like to attain.  The struggle of recognition is not over yet, but in workplaces and markets, gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and queer in