Episode 73 – Driving Fairness and Equity in Talent Management Join Michelle Sequeira, CEO of Included, and Henrike von Platen, CEO of FPI in this engaging coffee talk as they discuss the importance of embedding fairness and equity into talent management processes. Michelle shares insights from her 15 years of experience in embedding fairness into...
From Promises to Progress: 2020 Was a Wake-Up Call – Did We Answer? Five years after the murder of George Floyd sparked a global reckoning on racial injustice, we pause to ask: What has truly changed – and where do we still fall short? Join our panel of inclusion experts and leaders for a powerful,...
Using Data in EDI: Driving Evidence-Based Inclusion Strategies One of the common issues clients come to us with is around how to identify what EDI actions they should take that will actually be effective and building more inclusive cultures. And one of the first things we ask them is, “What is your data telling you?”....
Breaking Barriers – Beyond the Hashtags, Beyond IWD Event Overview The “Breaking Barriers – Beyond the Hashtags, Beyond IWD” event was hosted by Jen Davidson from Included and featured a keynote conversation with Dimple Agarwal, former Deputy CEO at Deloitte and current advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The session explored how to move...
Autism and Employment: Bridging the Gap Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent comments regarding autism are deeply troubling and rooted in misinformation that perpetuates harmful stereotypes about autistic people. He falsely claims that vaccines are a major cause of autism, despite overwhelming scientific evidence disproving this (see our appendix for a list of just a few...
Generations at Work: Why Age Inclusion is Your Next Competitive Advantage Today’s workforce is more age-diverse than ever before. For the first time in modern history, five generations are working side by side. With people living and working longer thanks to rising life expectancy and improved health outcomes, older employees are staying in the workforce...
From Policy to Progress: How EU Directives Can Drive Culture Change With the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) now in effect and the Gender Representation Directive set to go live next year, companies with an EU presence face an evolving regulatory landscape that extends far beyond pay equity and transparency. At the same time, organisations...
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Interview with Consultant, Lydia Collins: Can you share a little about your journey and how you discovered or embraced your neurotype? I am a late-realised, and lifelong highly masking autistic person, assigned female at birth, and I also have OCD and PTSD. I know I’ve struggled for much of my life in...
Embracing Hearing Aids: A Game-Changer for Long-Term Health This World Hearing Day (3rd March), our Director of Operations, Vikki, shares her journey with hearing loss – and why she’s now a proud hearing aid wearer. I first noticed my hearing loss in my 30s while working in noisy TV production offices. I’d miss parts of...
This too shall pass I’ve worked in Diversity and Inclusion for almost thirty years now. I have the privilege to Chair Included, one of the most established and recognised consultancies in this space. Where we are Many colleagues are feeling pretty flat right now. For professionals who have dedicated their lives to combatting injustice and...
