Psychological Safety, Conflict & Team Performance
This is a conference presentation of research on psychological safety and conflict in top management teams. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s Convention 2022.
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Cognitive Styles and Trustworthiness Expectations
This is a conference presentation of research on trust in relation to the Red, Blue, and Green dimensions of the Diversity Icebreaker. It was presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s convention 2022.
Employee Expectations of Psychological Safety Within Two Different Norwegian Organizational Settings
A 2022 conference presentation re-examining results of data gathered in workshops conducted by prof. Mary Yoko Brannen and Bjørn Z. Ekelund in 2010 in two different organizations that had applied the Diversity Icebreaker over a course of many years.
Diversity Icebreaker applied in a project aimed at aiding low-income families (multiple texts)
In 2018 the Diversity Icebreaker was applied in a project with 5 families facing housing challenges. The tool was used to create a common language as part of a project based on the U-curve theory over a course of 6 months. The results were presented at more than 15 conferences as well as in book and journal publications.
Trainer experiences applying the Diversity Icebreaker in 15 African countries
The Diversity Icebreaker has been applied in various cultural contexts. In this study, we have gathered reports from 13 different consultants across 36 seminars that have used DI in 15 different African countries.
Psychological Safety, Group Diversity and Creativity
This conference presentation summaries more than 5 years of experimental designed research with Divesity Icebreaker at Hebrew University. It has been an important element to document the intervention effects of the short Diversity Icebreaker seminar in relationship to trust, psychological safety and creativity
A critical perspective on career shocks in a volatile environment: Red Cross staff and volunteers aiding migrants on their way to Europe in 2016
Ivana Petrovic used the Diversity Icebreaker in multiple training sessions with Red Cross in Europe. In this article, she examines Red Cross volunteers’ experience from the perspective of their careers during the refugee crisis in Serbia in 2016.
A process evaluation of a salutogenic intervention
Linn Slettum Bjerke and Bjørn Z. Ekelund delivered an organizational development project between 2012-14 involving 400 administrative and technical staff at one of the universities in Norway. The communication model of Diversity Icebreaker and Red, Blue, and Green categories were central throughout the whole program. This article is a scientific evaluation of the project.
Systematic use of humour in HR training concepts – an example of the Diversity Icebreaker
In this paper, Piotr Pluta describes and analyzes different kinds of humor and humor related effects in the Diversity Icebreaker workshop. He establishes a theoretical framework to investigate the antecedents of humor in the workshop, its potential effects, and relevance for practitioners.
Sustainability, deep learning, and diversity
This article discusses a project in which the Diversity Icebreaker was used with junior high school pupils working in groups to solve a sustainability challenge. The groups were set up with varying degrees of diversity with regards to their Red, Blue, and Green preferences.
Book from 2015
A collection of research articles and conference presentation papers about the Diversity Icebreaker from 2008-2014.
