The place of Diversity and Inclusion in the post-pandemic Workplace
Expert voices on the lessons learnt about Diversity and inclusion during COVID, and their aspirations for the future post pandemic workplace.
Building Human Systems
As we move into this new paradigm of business following the pandemic, where change is the only constant, we must ask ourselves how we become more familiar with navigating the uncertainty this represents…
The importance of inclusive leadership with Gianna Driver
“Inclusive leadership is hard, and it’s a journey..but one that is incredibly worthwhile”
In this week’s episode of let’s talk Gianna and I have a fun and rich discussion on what inclusive leadership actually means, and how the pandemic has influenced this subject. We discuss how leaders can use inclusive leadership to create sustainable change and a more equitable and collaborative environment where all voices are heard. Such ‘deep democracy’ brings with it challenging growth and development work for leaders. We need to lean in to the discomfort, and forge ahead to achieve growth based on kindness and empathy for improved performance and well being.
Sororistas – Women writing the future with Sarah Neumann
In this episode of let’s talk Sarah Neumann and I discuss female empowerment, and giving more volume to women’s voices . It is predominantly male voices that are heard and women are underrepresented at all levels of governance and decision-making; Sororistas, a movement set up during COVID to invite women to write about how they see themselves and the world in 2030, provides a platform for collaboration, visibility, collective intelligence, learning and sistership. We discuss the power of collective intelligence and the need for allyship in driving transformation and gender parity moving forward. We all have a duty to contribute to this cause and to the cause of a more purposeful humanity.
Sarah shares her experience, learnings and insights from co-founding this movement for women to make their voice heard and to “write the future “.
Undisruptable with Aidan McCullen
“Where are we vulnerable ? Where is my business model at risk ? ..”
A rich and fun conversation with Aidan on the mindset of permanent reinvention, and why leaders and organisations alike must deliberately focus on the power of reinvention; life is a dynamic process and instead of being ‘surprised’ by what the future brings, we should embrace the need to strategically build capacity to stay relevant. We need to constantly be aware of our mental models, think differently, and embrace discomfort. Aidan takes us through his concepts of this reinvention ‘mindset’ though stories, mythology, visual metaphors and personal experience, and shows us how to make these complex concepts accessible to every leader and organisation looking to build capacity, to minimise the impact of disruption, and to survive periods of stagnation whilst successfully anticipating change.
Designing for sustainable Transformation
The rich diversity of perspectives and experience from leaders on a topic that is becoming more and more important, as the need for organisations to evolve and adapt quickly increases and change becomes our only constant…
Purpose Driven People with Alize Hofmeester
“To really solve problems involve people in the early stage design. Don’t design behind close doors..”
In this week’s episode Alize and I discuss ‘being’ Agile and what it takes to build trust into organisations. We move through the different elements from purpose and people, to communication, awareness, identifying constraints and role modelling. We then dive into the different concepts and experiences around creating a learning organisation via community building, ecosystems and transformational leadership. A rich, fun and inspiring discussion with the common thread or deliberately developing inclusive practices and collective intelligence to co-create, experiment and iterate on building collective purpose.
Alize shares her wealth of experience and insight from working with organisations across the globe to create sustainable business agility, as well as the experience and insights of other experts in her book Purpose Driven People.
Designing for Inclusion
One of my reflections from 2020, and from the experience of creating, leading and coaching virtual tribes and supporting organisations through the minefield of how to stay connected, engaged and productive has been to hone in on the importance of human systems in creating sustainable transformation…
Digital Society School and Transformation Design with Marco Van Hout
In this week’s episode of let’s talk Marco and I discuss how to create a digital and inclusive society in today’s complex world. The digitalisation of our world is a great opportunity to bring together design thinking, IT skills, technology, entrepreneurship and ethics, while asking: how can society benefit from developments in digital technology? Listen to us exploring how to create a culture of experimentation & inclusion and scaling the leadership skills for life long learning across organisations.We all need to be part of ‘team human’.
Building and measuring inclusion in today’s workplace with Amina Folarin
In this weeks episode of let’s talk Amina and I discuss the role of inclusion in today’s workplace. From an HR, business and leadership perspective, people must be at the heart of any organisation’s diversity and inclusion strategy in order to truly understand what an inclusive culture looks like.