Opinion: Why DEI proficiency is the new must-have HR skill set

In the past, HR and diversity overlapped occasionally but largely existed in parallel. During more than 15 years in corporate HR, I had little interaction or collaboration with central diversity teams. The relationship between the two functions had begun to change in some progressive companies, then shifted abruptly following the murder of George Floyd and the beginning of America's racial reckoning in the summer of 2020.