pluioa
Department of Organization
- People and Organizing (PnO)
Poornima
Luthra
Teaching associate professor
Room:
KIL/14.A-4.57
E-mail:
plu.ioa@cbs.dk
543271
Presentation
I am a passionate purpose-driven educator who believes in the power of positive change and influence through education. Grounded in over fifteen years of teaching and practitioner research, I actively work to shift mindsets in the area of talent management and leadership, with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Combining my academic and experience working with organisations, I create robust and engaging experiences for my students, weaving theory and practice together. I currently teach Bachelor and Masters’ courses: Global People Management – HRM & Leadership; HRM, Organisation and Leadership; Labour Market Theory and Analysis.
Primary research areas
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
- Inclusive Leadership
- Human bias
- Intersectionality
- Employee life cycle processes
- Resistance and fear of DEI
- Sustainable and transformational leadership
Curriculum Vitae
Social media
Links
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/pluioa
Courses
- Cand. Soc: HRM, Organisation and Leadership; Labour Market Theory & Analysis
- Bachelor Elective: Global People Management – HRM & Leadership
Supervision
- Master thesis
Other teaching activities
- CBS Executive Foundation course on Leading for Talent Growth (Summer School)
Selected publications
- Poornima Luthra; Sara Louise Muhr / Leading Through Bias : 5 Essentials Skills to Block Bias and Improve Inclusion at Work., Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 291 p. (Palgrave Executive Essentials)
- Poornima Luthra / The Art of Active Allyship : 7 Behaviours to Empower You to Push The Pendulum Towards Inclusion At Work., TalentEd Consultancy ApS 2022, 297 p.
- “Diversifying Diversity: Your guide to Being an Active Ally of Inclusion in the Workplace” by Poornima Luthra, June 2021
- The Citibank India Miracle: Nurturing Global Leaders, https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/SMU286-PDF-ENG Generations at TCS: Ever Changing Work Force, https://store.hbr.org/product/generations-at-tcs-ever-changing-workforce...
- Intergenerational Management at GlaxoSmithKline in Asia Pacific, https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/94
Publications sorted by:
2024
Poornima Luthra; Sara Louise Muhr / Den inkluderende leder : 5 trin til at lede gennem bias.
København : Djøf Forlag 2024, 377 p.
København : Djøf Forlag 2024, 377 p.
Book > peer review
Poornima Luthra; Sara Louise Muhr / Stop Bias : 5 abilità essenziali per bloccare i bias e migliorare l’inclusione sul lavoro.
: Ayros 2024, 352 p.
: Ayros 2024, 352 p.
Book > peer review
2023
Poornima Luthra; Sara Louise Muhr / Leading Through Bias : 5 Essentials Skills to Block Bias and Improve Inclusion at Work.
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 291 p. (Palgrave Executive Essentials)
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 291 p. (Palgrave Executive Essentials)
Book > peer review
2022
Poornima Luthra / 7 Ways to Practice Active Allyship
In: Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 8.11.2022
In: Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 8.11.2022
Journal article
Poornima Luthra / Do Your Global Teams See DEI as an American Issue?
In: Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 21.3.2022
In: Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 21.3.2022
Journal article > peer review
Poornima Luthra / The Art of Active Allyship : 7 Behaviours to Empower You to Push The Pendulum Towards Inclusion At Work .
Gentofte : TalentEd Consultancy ApS 2022, 297 p.
Gentofte : TalentEd Consultancy ApS 2022, 297 p.
Book
2021
Poornima Luthra / Diversifying Diversity : Your Guide to Being an Active Ally of Inclusion in the Workplace.
Gentofte : Diversifying Diversity ApS 2021, 472 p.
Gentofte : Diversifying Diversity ApS 2021, 472 p.
Book > peer review
2024
Poornima Luthra (Performer) ; Julie Kratz (Producer) / Are You an Active or Performative Ally With Poornima Luthra : The Diversity Pivot: Episode 237.
Carmel, IN : Next Pivot Point 2024
Carmel, IN : Next Pivot Point 2024
Sound/Visual production (digital)
Sara Louise Muhr; Poornima Luthra / Vi er ikke så inkluderende, som vi tror - men vi kan blive det
In: Børsen, 25.1.2024, p. 10
In: Børsen, 25.1.2024, p. 10
Contribution to newspaper - Comment/debate
2023
Poornima Luthra / Embedding DEI in the Company Strategy as a Means of Closing the Gender Gap in Shipping : The Case of Maersk Tankers.
Frederiksberg : The Nordic Case House 2023, 10 p.
Frederiksberg : The Nordic Case House 2023, 10 p.
Teaching case
Poornima Luthra / Embedding DEI in the Company Strategy as a Means of Closing the Gender Gap in Shipping : The Case of Maersk Tankers: Teaching Note.
Frederiksberg : The Nordic Case House 2023, 3 p.
Frederiksberg : The Nordic Case House 2023, 3 p.
Teaching case
Poornima Luthra / The Role of DEI in 2024 and Beyond : A Global Perspective and Forecast.
WWW : CEOWORLD Magazine 1.12.2023
WWW : CEOWORLD Magazine 1.12.2023
Net publication - Internet publication
2020
Poornima Luthra; Sandy Mackenzie / 4 Ways COVID-19 Could Change How We Educate Future Generations
Cologny : World Economic Forum 30.3.2020
Cologny : World Economic Forum 30.3.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / Active Allyship : The Missing Piece in Creating Truly Diverse, Equal, and Inclusive Societies and Workplaces.
San Francisco : Medium 1.6.2020
San Francisco : Medium 1.6.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / Crisis Leadership through COVID-19 : A Typology of the 6 Types of Leaders Out There.
San Francisco : Medium 2.5.2020
San Francisco : Medium 2.5.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / Education: An Opportunity to Reinvent School
In: The UNESCO Courier, No. 2, 7.2020, p. 15-17
In: The UNESCO Courier, No. 2, 7.2020, p. 15-17
Journal article
Poornima Luthra / Inclusion in a Post-COVID19 World
Stockholm : Summit & Friends 19.8.2020
Stockholm : Summit & Friends 19.8.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
2020
Poornima Luthra / Lockdown and Inclusion : How Do We Stay Inclusive in Our Workplaces under Lockdown?.
San Francisco : Medium 2.5.2020
San Francisco : Medium 2.5.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / Managers and Leaders Listen Up! : Introducing the ZAlphas, Your Future Talent Pool and a Micro-generation Shaped by COVID-19.
San Francisco : Medium 27.5.2020
San Francisco : Medium 27.5.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / Onboarding while Working-from-Home : Keeping Inclusion at the Heart of It.
San Francisco 21.7.2020
San Francisco 21.7.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / Questioning Privilege through the Pandemic : Is Privilege Really a Privilege or a Disabling Condition?.
San Francisco : Medium 2.5.2020
San Francisco : Medium 2.5.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / The Class of 2020 : Redefining the Future of Work by the Generation that Graduated under Lockdown.
San Francisco : Medium 10.6.2020
San Francisco : Medium 10.6.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra / What’s a Name Got to Do with Inclusion? : Reducing Name-based Discrimination through Active Allyship.
San Francisco : Medium 14.7.2020
San Francisco : Medium 14.7.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
2019
Poornima Luthra / Is Poor Generational Intelligence Holding You Back at Work?
Cologny : World Economic Forum 25.2.2019
Cologny : World Economic Forum 25.2.2019
Net publication - Internet publication
Poornima Luthra (Producer) / Why GQ Is the Kind of Intelligence We All Need
New York : TEDx Talks TEDxOdenseWomen 2019, 2019
New York : TEDx Talks TEDxOdenseWomen 2019, 2019
Sound/Visual production (digital)
2015
Poornima Luthra; Adina Wong / The Citibank India Story : Nurturing Global Leaders.
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2015, 15 p.
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2015, 15 p.
Teaching case
Poornima Luthra; Adina Wong / The Citibank India Story : Nurturing Global Leaders.
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2015, 12 p.
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2015, 12 p.
Teaching case
2014
Poornima Luthra; Christopher Dula / Intergenerational Management at GlaxoSmithKline in Asia Pacific
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2014
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2014
Teaching case
Poornima Luthra; Christopher Dula / Intergenerational Management at GlaxoSmithKline in Asia Pacific
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2014
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2014
Teaching case
2012
Poornima Luthra; Kevin Sproule; S. N. Venkataramanan / Generations at TCS : Ever Changing Workforce.
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2012, 12 p.
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2012, 12 p.
Teaching case
Poornima Luthra; Kevin Sproule / Generations at TCS : Ever Changing Workforce.
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2012
Singapore : Singapore Management University 2012
Teaching case
More results... (total 24 results)
2024
At lede diversitet handler om at se folk, som de virkelig er
07/10/2024 // Offentlig Ledelse // Annette Aggerbeck
Forsker: Bølgen af antiwoke har ikke ramt dansk erhvervsliv - men frygten har
01/10/2024 // Børsen // Flora Juul Holst
Gør pronominer i din e-mail en forskel?
20/09/2024 // DM Akademikerbladet // Sofia Tøfting (hun/hende)
Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia
05/09/2024 // Cphpost.dk (Copenhagen Post) // Lena Hunter
Are You an Active or Performative Ally?
01/07/2024 // The Good Men project // Julie Kratz
Cómo mejorar el trabajo para la salud mental de todos
26/06/2024 // Executive Excellence
Medarbejdermangel giver mangfoldighed på kontoret
19/06/2024 // Djoefbladet.dk // Mads Matzon
Man kunne også bare kalde det ordentlighed
03/06/2024 // Søndag // Malin Kristina Westerlund
Nyttige øvelser i at bekæmpe sine bias som leder
28/05/2024 // Dssnet.dk // Per Christiansen
From Lok Sabha elections 2024 to generative AI disrupting edtech, here are our top stories of the week
27/04/2024 // Forbes India // Forbes India
2024
It's time to stop hiring for 'fit': Poornima Luthra
24/04/2024 // Forbes India // Anitha Moosath
Are You An Active Or Performative Ally?
10/03/2024 // Forbes // Julie Kratz
Topchef? Så er du nok en mand over 50 år
05/03/2024 // Børsen // Louise Yasmin Rimkjær
237: Are You an Active or Performative Ally with Poornima Luthra
11/02/2024 // Ivoox
Kun 1 ud af 100 i toppen af den danske model har etnisk minoritetsbaggrund: Det udfordrer modellens eksistens, siger ekspert
09/02/2024 // A4overenskomst.dk // Ida Svantemann Vestergård
Vi er ikke så inkluderende, som vi tror - men vi kan blive det
24/01/2024 // Børsen // Sara Louise Muhr og Poornima Luthra
International Educators Must End Their Silence on Gaza
17/01/2024 // Counter Punch // Mark Ashwill
International educators need to end their silence on Gaza
13/01/2024 // University World News // Mark A. Ashwill
2023
For meget gris, øl og Jesus Kristus til firmaet
21/11/2023 // Jyllands-Posten // Anders Heide Mortensen
Forsker om drukkultur: Udfordrer inklusionen på danske arbejdspladser
17/11/2023 // Finans.dk // Iben Schmidt
2023
Alliés dans la diversité
16/11/2023 // Grouperandstad.fr
The Most Influential Business Professors of 2023
11/11/2023 // yahoo.com // Jeff Schmitt
Pursuing DEI in Europe's Workplaces Takes Different Route Than U.S.
19/10/2023 // Diversity Global // Anna Gonsalves
Etnisk minoriserede bliver sjældent chefer: Kvoter "ændrer ikke ved kulturen"
14/09/2023 // A4ligestilling.dk // Maria Svehag
The nominees for the DEI (Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion) Award 2023
07/08/2023 // Cyprus Shipping News
Bryd disse 15 bias og skab diversitet på arbejdspladsen
03/04/2023 // Djøf.dk // Tina Juul Rasmussen
Mod (på) Active Allyship
27/03/2023 // Danskindustri.dk // Henrik Horn Andersen
2022
Hafnia wins diversity award
07/10/2022 // Cyprus Shipping News
Hafnia vinder rederiernes diversitetspris
07/10/2022 // MaritimeDanmark.dk
Diversitetspris til rederiet Hafnia
07/10/2022 // TransportTidende.com, Transportnyhederne.dk, Shipowners.dk (Danmarks Rederiforening)
2022
Fire rederier nomineret til ny diversitetspris
26/09/2022 // MaritimeDanmark.dk
Danske Rederier lancerer diversitetspris
26/08/2022 // Shipowners.dk (Danmarks Rederiforening)
Inclusive leadership
09/08/2022 // csr.dk // CBS Executive Fonden
Could small Danish companies become more likely to hire foreign staff?
18/01/2022 // Thelocal.dk
2021
Inspirational Talk By Poornima Luthra
08/12/2021 // Itb.dk (IT brancheforeningen)
More results... (total 35 results)
Outside activities
2024
| Leo Pharma | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Copenhagen University | Video recordings, 2 hours one-off |
| Novo Nordisk | Workshop, 1 hour one-off |
| Gehl | Workshops, 10 hours one-off |
| Leo Pharma | Workshops, 9 hours one-off |
| MSD | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| BII | Workshop, 3 hours one-off |
| Novo Nordisk GCM DS |
Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Topsoe | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Specsavers | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Copenhagen University (Tutor education day) | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Innovation Fund/Copenhagen University | Project |
| Lego | Workshop, 3 hours one-off |
| Implement Consulting | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Swedbank/Rehumanize Institute | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Lige Adgang (Byggeriets Diversitetsdag) | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Abacus Medicine | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| CBS Executive podcast recordings | 3 hours one-off |
| KMD | Workshop, 12 hours one-off |
| Danske Bank | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Nordic Conference | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Givaudan | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novonesis | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG Nordic Evolution | Workshop, 2 hours one-off |
| Save the children | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Leo Pharma | Workshop, 15 hours one-off |
| CBS Executive Summer course | Workshop, 18 hours 1 one-off |
| Danske Bank | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Deloitte | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Gorissen Federspiel (GF) | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| GN Group IT | 1 hour one-off |
| Imperial College Business School | Workshop, 40 hours one-off |
| Topsoe | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Dive-in Festival (Insurance Industry) | Talk & Moderation, 1 hour one-off |
| Var Group | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| AFF | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG Nordic Evolution | Workshop, 4 hours one-off |
| EU SatCen Madrid | Workshop, 2 hours one-off |
| AFF | Workshop, 8 hours one-off |
| UN FAO | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| LearnX | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| IDA (Union for Engineers) | Workshop, 2 hours one-off |
2023
| Ørsted | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Amazon web Services | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Demant | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Wilhelmsen | Keynote & Panel session, 1,5 hour one-off |
| NKT | Keynote, 2 hours one-off |
| KVINFO | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG Nordics | Keynote IWD, 1 hour one-off |
| Air Liquide |
Keynote IWD, 1 hour one-off |
| Pandora | Panel, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG Denmark | Keynote & Panel IWD, 1 hour one-off |
| McCormick | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Danske Bank | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk | Keynote, 2 hours one-off |
| Medicines sans Frontiers | Keynote, 2 hours one-off |
| Demant | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| DI event | Workshop, 2 hours one-off |
| AEU Seminar | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Medicines sans Frontiers | Workshop, 3 hours one-off |
| Novo Nordisk | Keynote, 2 hours one-off |
| SAP Success factors | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| COWI | Workshop, 3 hours one-off |
| Medicines sans Frontiers | Workshop, 3 hours one-off |
| Novozymes | Keynote, 3 hours one-off |
| Djøf Festival | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| ITB event | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG | Workshop series, 9 hours one-off |
| Djøf Festival | Keynote, 1 hour 1 one-off |
| Solita | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk | Workshop, 1 hour one-off |
| Syddanmark | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| KMD | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| COWI | Webinar, 1 hour one-off |
| Saxo Bank | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Holdings | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk Foundation | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Total Energies | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Demant | Video recording, 2 hours one-off |
| ServiceNow | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| ServiceNow | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Ramboll | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Nordea | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Gehl | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Mendix | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| AGC Biologics | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Nutanix | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| MSD | Workshop, 3 hours one-off |
| COWI | Workshop series, 12 hours one-off |
| Lego | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Mpya | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Gehl | Consultancy, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG | Workshop, 4 hours one-off |
| Novo Nordisk | Workshop series, 12 hours one-off |
| KMD | Workshop series, 3 hours one-off |
| Copenhagen Municipality | Keynote, 2 hours one-off |
| Total Energies | Keynote, 8 hours one-off |
| Oticon | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| ALK | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| iMDI | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Umicore AG & Co. KG | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| L'oreal | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Danske Bank Sustain tomorrow | Panel, 1 hour one-off |
| 3Shape | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Station Academy | Workshop, 4 hour one-off |
| Djøf lawyers | Live interview, 1 hour one-off |
2022
| FedEx | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| FAO UN session | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Kromann Reumert | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Northvolt | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Deloitte | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG Nordics | Workshop, 3 hours one-off |
| NIVA teaching | Workshop, 2 full days one-off |
| Ørsted | Keynote, 2 hours one-off |
| SMU | Keynote, 2 hours one-off |
| DIGNITY | Keynote, 3 hours one-off |
| Northvolt | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Copenhagen Capacity | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Women in shipping/Maersk Tankers | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG Nordics | Workshop, 1 hour one-off |
| NOCA | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| KPMG Nordics | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Northwestern University | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk India | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| McCormick Asia | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| SimCorp Asia | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Nordea | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Maersk Tankers Workshop | Workshop, 2 hours one-off |
| Keynote, 1 hour one-off | |
| Novo Nordisk Legal | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Deloitte | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk CSDS | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk Data Science | Workshop, 12 hours 1 one-off |
| Danske Bank | Video recording, 2 hours one-off |
| Northvolt | Consulting, 1 hour one-off |
| Novo Nordisk Global IT | Keynote, 90 minutes one-off |
| Lige Adgang | Keynote, 90 minutes one-off |
| Novo Nordisk Data Science | Workshops, 15 hours one-off |
| JP Aurora | Keynote, 45 minutes one-off |
| CPH Business | Talk, 1 hour one-off |
| Grundfos | Keynote, 1 hour one-off |
| Innovations Fund | Research Project Onboard Denmark, 2 hours per week |
| Reckitt | Keynote, 1 hour (one off) |
| Novo Nordisk | Keynote, 2 x1 hour (one off) |
| Københavns Kommune | Keynote, 1 hour (one off) |
| L'Oreal | Keynote, 1 hour (one off) |
| Maersk IT | Keynote, 1 hour (one off) |
| Amazon Web Services / Cap Gemini | Keynote, 1 hour (one off) |
| CPH Business | Keynote, 1 hour (one off) |