Category: Opinion

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 see annual reports or 2021 reviews with the majority of the information about funding, clients, members, or events. Given that it is difficult to do, does anyone have examples of impact…

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 complex. As in you have to extrapolate those rules into new situations. Eg. This is what you need to do when dealing with a Woman of Colour. But what if they…

I thought I would write a post about Santa Claus. Yes that is right. And how I see he relates to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace. No I am not joking. The reason I use this analogy is that it is very tough to have a real conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…

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 to explain how this happens. How executives change as they climb up the organisational ladder I recently came upon a tweet that was really quite interesting as it insinuated how someone…

Your leadership team might be repelling talent away from your organisation – let me tell you why. I’m a person of colour applying for a role and I look at the executive team and they are overwhelmingly white 88%. They do have a better cultural mix at the grassroots level. What does that say about…

So what does diversity and inclusion in the workplace really mean? What does it look like? And how can you improve the diversity and inclusion in your workplace? What does Diversity and Inclusion mean in the workplace? Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace means that you have a very diverse workforce both at the grassroots…

I’ve been working in data analytics for 10 years in genomics and want to de-emphasise data in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This is because I keep hearing that we need to collect the data to change minds, or use a data-centric approach. I must admit I’m against using data as the first way to convince…

Why is it that microaggressions happen when you are ignored – isn’t that over the top? No, it isn’t. In reality, the standard response I expect when I call things out, especially in Australia around lack of cultural diversity, is to be ignored. To me, that is also a microaggression as I defined here.  …

I’ve been seeing the logo for the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality around and my first thought was – well, is that really good enough when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? Only today I decided to have a look at the companies that have this “Employer of choice“. The Employer of…

The dirty secret about Diversity and Inclusion work is that you are going to get it wrong. How I judge an individual and an organisation is how gracefully they handle being called out. So no, this isn’t about Victoria Secret re-branding to try and be more inclusive. I know when I put things out on…