'Profiling the Professionals' (JIP)

suggests a Joint Industry 'Profiling the Professionals' project. Not as a philanthropic venture but on the sound comercial basis of shared costs benefit and being collaborative on Data Acquistion and competitive on Strategy.

The motivation for this suggested JIP is The Law Society of Scotland's 'Profiling the Profession' Project.

If you organisation is interested in this JIP suggestion contact by email;

heuristic.support@googlemail.com

Context

In the private sector the need to manage diversity is buisness rather than legally driven. Shell's published paper on "Diversity and Inclusion as a Buisness Enabler" is evidence that the business case in the Oil and Gas industry is well established. However, while the business case has been established, are the complex issues involved fully understood? Is it reasonable to commit sustained investment into Diversity management if the complex issues aren't understood?

 has found that data describing the demographics of the Engineering Profession in the Oil and Gas industry are elusive. If the demographics of Women in the Engineering Profession of the Oil and Gas industry aren't known how can the issues they maybe facing be explored? Is it not reasonable to follow the lead of The Law Society of Scotland and Profile the Profession to create a "valid and robust evidence base" in order to affect meaningful, substantive and sustainable change?

Major corporations may well be undertaking this type of profiling internally. Given the competitive nature of the business case; the need to attract the most talented people, their willingness to share their learnings, in sufficent detail, is likely to be muted.