As businesses become increasingly global and interconnected, it’s essential to build a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. Diversity, inclusion, and equity are buzzwords that are often used interchangeably, but they each have distinct meanings and implications for the workplace. In […]
What is diversity and inclusion in the workplace anyway?
Everyone’s talking about diversity and inclusion in the workplace, but what does it really mean? Why does it matter? What should you do about it? If you feel like conversations around this topic have started to leave you behind, don’t […]
What’s the difference between equality and equity?
Not too long ago, there was a huge drive for equality. Everyone was talking about the need to treat people equally. So it’s not surprising that, as the conversation shifted to equity, people have been sidling up to me at […]
A short story: does your height play a role in how people see you?
Here is my short story. I am 5 foot 3, and that makes me shorter than most people who I have worked with throughout my career. For years in the corporate world, I always wore heels, to try and be […]
How safe do you feel? The link between psychological safety and belonging
When you are working with people how safe do you feel? And by that, I mean how safe do you feel to be yourself? Can you comfortably share your ideas? Are you happy to talk about your life openly? And […]
The people puzzle – why you’re struggling to recruit
Right now 80% of UK businesses are struggling to recruit people to roles. If you’re one of those people it must feel like a lot of your time and thoughts are going to solving this, but you’re still not getting […]
Diversity and inclusion trends for 2023
As the dust starts to settle on an eventful 2022, where we all started to learn how to work flexibly in “normal” circumstances rather than in the midst of a global health emergency, where we slammed abruptly into the hard […]
Can we agree to disagree?
I was at an event recently where someone asked me what our business is about. I explained in a short sentence or two. Then based on that, without really knowing anything about what we do, the person said “I feel […]
A lot of talk but no action? How to get your diversity and inclusion work moving
It’s a priority, it’s something you know you need to work on and make progress. Yet somehow your diversity and inclusion work is stalling. You’re not making clear progress, and everyone including you is frustrated at the lack of progress. […]
The call to revolution: reimagining the world of work
During National Inclusion Week, 26th September – 2nd October, we gathered together 13 incredible speakers to share insights, inspiration and practical tools to help people rethink and transform their workplaces. In order to be accessible to as many people as […]