Category: News
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Resource: Transformative DEI Capability Maturity Model
Introduction Most organisational DEI efforts plateau at performative compliance or incremental change, keeping the status quo and still actively harming or excluding the most marginalised. This presentation inverts the traditional DEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM) by positioning transformational thinking not as an unreachable endpoint, but as the foundation from which authentic change must begin. Use…
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Provided recruitment advice for a Business Analyst position description
In 2024 we provided advice for a Business analyst position in a Medical Research Institute for a complex new project. Initial contact and review When we first talked to the hiring manager they were leaning towards another title for the position. After understanding the environment that the position was going to work in, as well…
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Introducing our first Practical Diversity and Inclusion Fellow, Richard Dushime.
We are proud to launch the Practical Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship in its initial trial phase with our first Fellow, Dushime Mudahera Richard. Richard is living in Uganda as a Congolese refugee, and he aims to share his experiences so that he can highlight the challenges refugees face in getting an education and finding jobs.…
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Celebrating a milestone
A quick post to celebrate hitting 10,000 views and 900 downloads!
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My wife advocating for my disabled son made it onto the TV news
It was a special day when my wife Chris Pacheco Rivera was interviewed as part of a TV news story about improving car safety equipment standards for disabled kids. She has been a champion and a vocal advocate for our son with his cerebral palsy. She has made many sacrifices over the years, including her…
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Small milestone alert!
I realised today that the Missing narratives presentation on Figshare hit 100 views and 15 minute Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion in workplaces hit 200! Resource Views CMM for Diversity in Organisations 3361 Improving D&I in Senior Leadership workshop 1765 Visualising Intersectionality 682 Unconscious Bias 285 Missing narratives 100 15 minute intro to DEI 208…
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New collaborative website for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
There is a new collaborative website for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion that I have just set up. You can access it here: https://practical-dei.github.io/collaborate/ This is just a barebones site, but I am hoping that I can find a way to populate it with anyone interested in making a contribution. One of the ideas is around a…
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The Importance of Diversity and Equity to Creativity and Innovation
Introduction: What is Diversity & Equity? Diversity and equity are important for creativity and innovation. They promote collective intelligence, innovation, and creativity. The inclusion of different perspectives also leads to more constructive conversations. When it comes to diversity in the workplace, many companies still lack in this area. To get the best out of the…
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Graphing impact
I decided to graph the views I have received for some of the resources that I have made available. I will update it every 30 days. You can see an increase in the acceleration in the total views around September 2021. This is when I was part of SeptembRSE and convened a panel on “Missing…
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DEI Hack
A Hackathon for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. What is a hackathon? … hackathons in recent years are more like gathering different domain talents like data scientists, designers, businessmen, and engineers in groups to work on a project in one to three days. Yes hackathons can be predatory and I don’t like how they are competitive.…