115 How to use dialogue and data to improve impact of DEI with guest Love Odih Kumuyi

127 Becoming an Independent DEI Consultant with guest Sumita Kunashakaran

We covered topics

- Origin Story

- Bespoke & Personalised Engagement

- Creation of Empathic Design with gamification

- Start Collaboration with Assessment

- Assessment helps to discover the intention

- Focus on the Middle East and Asia Pacific

- Accessibility Auditing

- Food for Diversity

- Book - Sins & Wins of Inclusive Leadership

- Love to talk about topics as a speaker

- Turning diversity initiatives into innovation

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Website - sumitakunashakaran.com

Co-Authored a Book (This is not a boring book) - The Sins and Wins of Inclusive Leadership

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126 Why it is good to talk about the ROI of DEI, including the bottom line with guest Katya Veleva

We covered topics

- Inclusion Equity & Diversity Strategy Consultancy

- Why do some people feel like we shouldn’t talk about ROI?

- You tend to meet people where they are.

- Metrics that can be considered as ROI of DEI include...

- A DEI consultant who provides training faces challenges discussing ROI and strategies to overcome these challenges.

- Different method to talk about ROI

- What objection could you business/HR leaders put to ROI?

- Who should listen to this episode?

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Company website - blushcloud.co.uk

Token Man gives men a better understanding of the challenges women and other historically marginalised groups face in the workplace and inspires them to help create more inclusive and equitable work cultures. tokenman.org

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125 The State of ESG in the private market with guest Rupert Davies

We covered topics

- Rupert's experience with ESG

- Project that you are proud of to date.

- ESG data integration

- ESG potential in the private markets

- ESG Innovation

- Due Diligence of Supply chain

- Sustainable Finance Regulatory Compliance

- Untapped potential market opportunity

- Benchmarking by ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI)

- ESG Sum newsletter

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124 How to celebrate failures in your DEI journey with guest Lisa Hällbrink

We covered topics

- The origin story of Lisa

- Pepp's mission

- Focus on 3 main objectives

- Celebrate failures in DEI

- Mistakes vs Failure

- Recommendation to overcome

- Role of Courage

- Example of a Setback

- Learning is the result of failure

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Company - pepp.io

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123 Why we fell in love with Diversity with guest Essraa Nawar

We covered topics

- Journey towards DEI

- First exhibit that changed my life

- Organic Diversity a medium of learning

- Leading Diversity in the university

- Happy accident towards DEI

- I found my Ikigai in DEI

- Do you really fall in love with Diversity?

- Diversity of thought

- Psychological Safety for Business ROI

- Role of AI in the World of Diversity

- Advice for people working in DEI

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What If We No Longer Call It DEI?

The post about I found my ikigai in DEI

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