The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good Business

[David48]

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The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good Business, by John Browne; book review

I was up late last night and on our TV we sometimes get an hour of the BBC. Last night they had an interview with the ex-head of BP (Lord) John Browne who has just released his book. Couldn’t find that interview from the BBC on the Internet (maybe one of you guys can) here is a piece from The Independent.

One chapter, “Coming out is good business”, really gets to the heart of what the book is supposed to be about. Lord Browne, the former BP chief executive who quit after he was outed as gay in 2007, uses a thorough range of statistics, first-hand interviews, and under-reported case studies to prove that businesses financially benefit from an inclusive attitude to the LGBT community.

Starbucks might be tax-avoiding and Goldman Sachs a vampire squid, but you will be salivating for a frappuccino and want to chuck your pennies into a collateral mezzanine fund when you see how Lord Browne puts them at the front and centre of his argument.

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[sustento]

He didn't set a very good example by resigning from BP when he got caught with a rent boy. Michael Bishop is a much better example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop,_Baron_Glendonbrook

[David48]

^^ OH ... that wasn't mentioned last night on the BBC Interview ...

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[onthemoon]

It's not new. Marketers have described the LGBT market as the Pink Dollar for decades.

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[sustento]

^^ OH ... that wasn't mentioned last night on the BBC Interview ...

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It's not the kind of thing you brag about

[WitawatWatawit]

He's a guy who measures his words carefully. Nothing dramatic, just get to the nub (Hitchens was like that). But I wonder if there's a twitch of nervousness there. I noticed he constantly kept rubbing his left hand over his right forearm, like he was a mildly bit tense. Perhaps he's just one of those people who can never be comfortable in front of a camera.

I know Glendonbrook in the Hunter, which is why my attention was drawn to this vid.

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread, David. Maybe it's this one you're looking for (not watched it yet - tomorrow):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-pqWN81G_U

[Suradit69]

Lord B's reaction on CNBC to the comment by Rick Perry, Governor of Texass and well known "intellectual" & failed presidential primary candidate, that homosexuality was like alcoholism.

LINK: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/cnbc/55426584#55426584

"Homosexuality is a curable addiction, suck, slurp."

Edited June 19, 2014 by Suradit69