Category: Opinion
Helping intersectionally marginalised people as an individual
Introduction In my presentations on improving diversity and inclusion in organisations, I always talk about how you can make a difference as an individual....
Constant challenge to host accessible events
I went to an event with my family to the cinemas and had a good time, but it wasn’t all good. This is an...
Open Source Software Communities and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
I recently was at a workshop that wanted to tackle diversity, equity and inclusion within an open source software community. One thing that stood...
Feedback from the eResearch NZ conference
I recently gave the “Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Senior Leadership” workshop at eResearch NZ 2022 which I am glad to report I received...
Response to a LinkedIn post from the Australian Federal Police about child sexual exploitation
It is not a good situation for a national police force to ignore child sexual abuse for some people and worry about it for...
Feedback on UKRI EDI Strategy
This is my feedback for the UKRI EDI Strategy. The UKRI has asked for the community to provide feedback on this EDI strategy and...
Measuring social impact
I know social impact is really difficult to measure, especially in diversity, equity, and inclusion. But it always causes a moment’s hesitation when I...
Rules don’t always help, most of the time a framework is needed
I do worry a little about perscriptive “rules” based on limited intersectionality as I think rules don’t work in reality, as it gets too...
What does Santa Claus have to do with Diversity and Inclusion?
I thought I would write a post about Santa Claus. Yes that is right. And how I see he relates to Diversity, Equity and...
Why C-suite level leaders struggle to change their culture, especially in DEI
It is easy to see that many C-suite level leaders struggle to change their culture, but what causes this? In this post I hope...