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Timely, timeless, and thought-provoking articles on various topics relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace and in society.
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The Myths of Psychological Safety
Make Psychological Safety real. It's not about creating a "nice" environment nor is it a licence for a "anything goes" culture.
Shift Inclusive Design from compliance to a key strategic priority and you’ll reap the rewards
Comply with the European Accessility Act (EAA) and grow your business and profits from inclusion.
When your dashboard looks great, but your best people are quietly updating their CVs.
Your inclusion dashboard is green, yet your best people are quietly updating their CVs. Both can be true at the same time. A quiet finding from The Conference Board this year deserves more attention than it's getting: executives are considerably more optimistic about the impact of their inclusion efforts than their own employees are. And many programmes, the research notes, fall short of their intended goals. That gap between the view from the boardroom and the lived experien
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The Myths of Psychological Safety
Make Psychological Safety real. It's not about creating a "nice" environment nor is it a licence for a "anything goes" culture.
Shift Inclusive Design from compliance to a key strategic priority and you’ll reap the rewards
Comply with the European Accessility Act (EAA) and grow your business and profits from inclusion.
When your dashboard looks great, but your best people are quietly updating their CVs.
Your inclusion dashboard is green, yet your best people are quietly updating their CVs. Both can be true at the same time. A quiet finding from The Conference Board this year deserves more attention than it's getting: executives are considerably more optimistic about the impact of their inclusion efforts than their own employees are. And many programmes, the research notes, fall short of their intended goals. That gap between the view from the boardroom and the lived experien
Pull this one lever to fix your engagement score.
Engagement just hit a five-year low, and no region of the world improved. The fix isn't another initiative — it's the person your people report to. Gallup's 2026 figures should stop every leadership team in its tracks: global employee engagement has fallen to 20% — the lowest since 2020 — costing an estimated $10 trillion in lost productivity. In the five years, no region of the world has improved. We keep treating this as a motivation problem. It's not. Instead, it's a conn
DEI isn’t dead. But the US and UK are telling very different stories.
While in the US companies have pulled DEI off their websites, the UK has largely further entrenched it into law, but with notable setbacks. The most misread story in our field is the "mass roll back and collapse" of DEI in the US and, some assume, in the UK. But when you look closely, and two countries are heading in almost opposite directions. In the US, the currently administration declared war on DEI and the retreat has been loud. References to "DEI" fell by around 98% acr
Let's try replacing “White Privilege” with this term
The term "white privilege" continues to be a lightning rod. A while back, I wrote an article about how the term had been weaponised and suggested it might be time to ditch it. A few years on, we are still having the same conversations. Recently, I listened to two people who often speak eloquently on issues of race – celebrated South African comedian and host Travor Noah and Femi Oluwole, a British political activist, journalist and co-founder of the pro-European Union advocac
Don’t let the anti-DEI charlatans lie to you. Meritocracy is the point of DEI
DEI is under attack and yet its core principles and aims have never been more important.
Is the Reported “DEI Backlash” a Result of Intentional Mischaracterisation or Misunderstanding?
Is there a widespread “pushback” against DEI or have some sections of the media decided to make this an issue and give voice to the few...
The phrase “Diversity of Opinion” is an Abomination.
The phrase "diversity of opinion" is to DEI work what #AllLivesMatter is to #BlackLivesMatter, a seemingly benign but extremely harmful...
Assessing the Strength of ICEC’s Recommendations & Implications for building a DEI-based culture
Introduction In June 2023, the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket released report entitled Holding Up A Mirror to Cricket. The...
How to Give and Receive Negative Feedback Constructively
Negative feedback can be daunting to give and to receive. But there are ways to make the experience less traumatic for both parties....
It May Not Be Your Fault, But It's Always Your Responsibility
Imagine you come home to find an abandoned baby on your doorstep. Suddenly, the baby is your responsibility regardless of who left it...
Men, we are the problem. We must end violence against women!
Men, we have a problem. Violence against women. And we are the problem, the cause. This violence is not a women's issue; it's our issue....
Is the Climate Change population growth argument inherently racist?
We have heard it too many times that it has graduated from dogma to undisputed fact. Population growth is at heart of the climate change...
Has the term "white privilege" become too politicised to be useful?
In today's polarised society, the term "white privilege" has been weaponised. Ditching it may be the best way to move the conversation...
How to challenge unacceptable language, behaviours, and attitudes in the workplace
Here is how to challenge language, behaviours, and actions that you find offensive and discomforting in the workplace. Remember, it's not...
Allyship - How to do it well
Being an ally means you are tuned into the lived experiences of people who are different from you. If you are white, that means black and...
Re-defining Allyship
Allyship is a committment to a cause that does not affect one. After the murder of George Floyd in 2020, “allyship” was in vogue. But I...
Re-naming "White Privilege" : A Better Way to Address Racial Inequalities
In today's polarised society, the term "white privilege" has been weaponised. Ditching it may be the best way to move the conversation...
How can you know if are making the right or wrong decision?
We agonise over the outcomes and consequences of our decisions. But should we? Decisions are neither good nor bad, they are different....
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