INSIGHT ISSUE 02 | 2020

18 Enabling the Digital and Energy transition “Diversity and inclusion is all about being willing to put your assumptions up for discussion. When you travel, no matter where you go, you must open up and try to integrate – even if you are the boss or the CEO – or it won’t work. W e hear a lot about diversity and inclusion, but what does it really mean? For Cristiana Scelza, Prysmian Russia CEO, it is simply a willingness to examine her own habits and biases when she interacts with colleagues and staff – something she learned from working in India, Australia China, Brazil and now Russia during her 23-year international career at Prysmian. Travel is certainly an effective way to learn about diversity, and Prysmian offers opportunities for international mobility to people like Cristiana who want challenging new experiences for professional growth overseas. At the same time, corporate programs to promote diversity and inclusion through structured mentoring and recruitment policies like Prysmian’s Side by Side are also an important way to combat bias no matter where you live or work, she says. Rybinsk Moscow