TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

58008 · 21 days ago

TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

brucethemoose · 21 days ago

I noticed this! I’ve never heard of this before, but I swear, I kept seeing women get roles on doomed ships within companies. Like the Twitter CEO, or Xbox head, of the top of my head.

myrmidex@belgae.social · 20 days ago

Ursula von der Leyen won that race in my mind. It does count for politics too, right?

raspberriesareyummy · 20 days ago

That one is not a women though, but a soulless psychopath corporate drone.

𝙈𝙞𝙖@quokk.au · 20 days ago

Theresa May would count for sure as well.

S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 days ago

Europe is going that bad? I tought they were having problems but much or less being able to handle it.

myrmidex@belgae.social · 20 days ago

Perhaps not at That Bad yet, but heading towards it. A case of the centre trying to out-right the right. And we all know how that goes.

TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

Glass cliff - Wikipedia