What is the Loden's Diversity Wheel?

Marilyn Loden wrote a book 'Implementing Diversity' and part of this was the diversity wheel concept - one inner and one outer. The inner wheel has 'primary dimensions' - age, geder, race whilst the outer one has secondary dimensions - religion, income and so on.

This is intended to provide an at-a-glance view of how we can break down personal characteristics to show what defines each of us

• and thus the potential components of the barriers between us