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How to lead virtual teams Inclusively
5 minute read “88% of organisations have encouraged or required employees to work from home due to Coronavirus” according to the latest research by Gartner. The impacts of this new way of working are being experienced across the globe with many organisations being at...
Is your gender pay gap stagnating?
With the deadline for reporting gender pay gap right now, almost every UK organisation with more than 250 employees will have already calculated their gender pay for the past 12 months. No change may feel like a win, especially if you’re aware that some businesses are...
Your company’s gender pay gap is increasing – what next?
For the second year, organisations with more that 250 employees are expected to publish their UK gender pay gap data by 4th April 2019. We know this is a big issue for larger employers. Even businesses who have a positive story to tell have reservations about...
Advocates, detractors…. and invisible saboteurs
Advocates, detractors…. and invisible saboteurs Why businesses should welcome their advocates and outspoken detractors – and fear their invisible saboteurs One of the many collateral benefits of diverse and inclusive working cultures is that they foster...
How to plan diversity & inclusion programmes in large organisations
To what extent can large global businesses operating across culturally diverse regions design a single global plan to increase diversity and inclusion? Global Diversity Practice consultant Kamaljit Poonia, a specialist in diversity and inclusion for over 15 years and...
GDP brings Virtual Reality Diversity & Inclusion eLearning Platforms to UK through FWI Partnership
The Global Diversity Practice (GDP) and US-based FutureWork Institute (FWI) have agreed a transatlantic partnership that means UK businesses will now be able to access its suite of five virtual e-learning platforms. The partnership will see the two organisations...
How can research benefit diversity and inclusion initiatives?
Research is often the first step in an organisation’s journey to cultural transformation. Global players especially want to harness the power of new d&i initiatives and research is essential in ensuring they are adapted to different geographies and organisational...
Inclusion in the age of the glass box brand
The truth is, all businesses, irrespective of their age, sector and employee make up struggle with diversity and inclusion, and need help on their journey to ensure that the behaviours, biases and cultures that result in exclusions, discriminations and ‘we think’ are...
Everyone is a leader
There isn’t yet a Wikipedia page for inclusive leadership, though the presence of ad words in a browser search tells us that this is now very mainstream. Concepts around inclusive leadership are widespread. Arguably, they are becoming commoditised, repeatable....
Artificial inclusion: why tech needs to get D&I right
Over the past six months, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at two diversity in technology conferences, both of which were attended by several giants of the tech world (Microsoft, Google, Uber etc.) as well as start-ups and SMEs looking to benefit from the sharing of...