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05/07/2022

HELSINKI PRIDE 2022! 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
The biggest human rights event in Finland was held last week (27.6. - 03.7.2022)!
The parade on 02.7 had around 80.000 people participating. It was an incredible event to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and promote an inclusive, non-discrimination future for everyone. Helsinki Pride Week has grown year by year and shows that society at large supports equal human rights for all.

Read more about Helsinki Pride: https://pride.fi/en/

28/06/2022

A couple of weeks ago, our BusinessWiz CEO Priyanka Banerjee was invited to Wärtsilä Corporation DEI Talks at their Helsinki campus, along side with Jenni Kurkikangas, HR Director at Metso Outotec. It was an incredible experience for us to learn about the DEI journeys of Metso Outotec and Wärsilä, and share our own insights.

Teija Sarajärvi - EVP of Human Resources from Wärtsilä shared some of the positive development Wärtsilä has achieved in the past years. In 2021, for example, they reached their biggest milestones so far, launching their first global Diversity & Inclusion program, Conversations of Understanding, and achieved fully equal average annual salaries between men and women.

Meanwhile, Jenni Kurkikangas from Metso Outotec shared how they have linked D&I to performance, and built awareness through global training inclusion campaigns and employee resource groups. Metso Outotec also launched Global fair pay initiative and Women’s mentoring programme.

On the other hand, our Priyanka Banerjee's talk focused on the importance of data in an organization's DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) journey. In addition, data is also important when we want to understand why DEI has a moral, ethical and a strong business case for companies. Priyanka showed in indisputable data how diversity benefits companies, and how diverse teams outperform and are more innovative than homogenous ones.

Read more about Wärtsilä DEI Talk in their blog. Link in comment.

23/06/2022

Happy Mid-Summer!
Hyvää Juhannusta!
BusinessWiz wishes you a happy Juhannus and a beautiful summer holiday!

21/06/2022

Integration vs Inclusion and Thrive as an LGBTQ+ Ally

We are still living in Pride Month 2022. We are seeing a lot of social media posts, events, and talks to support the LGBTQ+ movement. Now it is time to understand, how to include the LGBTQ+ community in our everyday workplace, and an important role in this is played by allies.

How do we ensure that our DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) strategy provides a sense of belonging and inclusion? Does our culture make people feel included or are they reluctantly trying to integrate?

As LGBTQ+ allies, we need to understand how to create inclusive workplaces, where we feel psychological safety, have a sense of belonging, and not imposing people to integrate into the existing norms.

"To mainstream LGBT+ diversity in organizations, it is imperative that the culture and environment open up to differences. Inclusion does not mean integration. Inclusion is reached when the needs of LGBT+ employees are fully integrated throughout all key systems and processes of the organization internally, visibly represented externally, and when leaders include all aspects of diversity in a transparent manner."

Check out how can you help the LGBTQ+ movement as an ally, in an article published on The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) website https://www.imd.org/research-knowledge/articles/Thrive-as-an-LGBT-executive-or-ally/

16/06/2022

Are you ready for DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Forum Nordics?

DEI Forum Nordics will be held as a hybrid event in Helsinki this September 30, featuring experts, keynotes, and panelists who will bring cutting-edge theories to the world of business practice through interactive, action-based diversity and inclusion event workshops. DEI Forum Nordics aims to enable fundamental changes and create winning workplaces!

It's time to talk DEI, join the conversation!

🎟️ Early Bird tickets are running out fast, order yours today before the prices go up. Get them here: https://deiforumnordics.com/tickets/

09/06/2022

It's . BusinessWiz wants to send the warmest greetings to our LGBTQ+ friends!

If you haven't known already, June was chosen as Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots which took place in June 1969 and started the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Many Pride events have been held around the world this June to raise awareness about gender and sexual orientation diversity, to celebrate the gay liberation journey, and to fight for equality and recognition that the international LGBTQ+ community deserves.

As acceptance and inclusion at working places is one of the most important goals for the Pride movement, Workplace Pride is organizing an international conference to "acknowledge the struggle and look to the future that LGBTQ+ community, and the organizations they work for will determine together".

What 👉🏽Conference: STRONGER TOGETHER: Redefining global LGBTIQ+ Workplace Standards
When 👉🏽 09.00-17-00 24th June 2022
Where 👉🏽 Passenger Terminal Amsterdam

Read more about this event and register for your early bird ticket here:

https://workplacepride.org/annual-international-conference/workplace-pride-international-conference-2022/

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07/06/2022

Global companies need diversity and conscious efforts to enable inclusivity. Each company’s DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) journey is unique, but there is a lot we can share and learn from one another.

One mission of BusinessWiz is to create strategies to build inclusive company cultures that foster diversity. This takes more than just words, it takes action and a willingness to learn.

This week, BusinessWiz is joining and sharing their DEI( Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) insights in the Diversity Talks event organized by Wärtsilä

When 👉🏽08.06,
Where 👉🏽 Wärtsilä, Helsinki Campus

Priyanka Banerjee will be one of the guest speakers at the event, presenting data insights and business case for why DEI is crucial for organizations, and the impact of inclusion on wellbeing.

The event is invite-only but stay tuned for more behind the scenes updates 🙌🏽

03/06/2022

This week our co-founders Priyanka Banerjee and Samuli Yrjönen have been attending the EMERGE conference in Yerevan, Armenia.

Emerge is one of the top tech conferences in the 'New East' and this year it was amazing to see a strong focus on the topics of Diversity, Inclusion and Care.

We have been super active throughout the conference, sharing our journey, meeting new people, learning a lot, cheering & supporting the inspiring female founders (Margo Lazarenkova and Alina Nilsson) and collaborating with the whole team of the conference (and of course, enjoying the amazing feasts and afterparties😁). It has been truly an amazing experience ❤

We will be sharing more stories, learnings and insights on why including DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) within a tech conference and startup culture is the most important thing to do today.

So stay tuned for our inside stories from the Emerge conference, meanwhile, we will continue enjoying Yerevan (a beautiful city❤).

In the picture, a Women in tech fireside chat with our very own Priyanka, Natalia Martynova from Openface and Bahareh Fatemi, CNP from TUMO Labs.

30/05/2022

Join our Team!!!

As a part of our commitment to creating a more inclusive society, together with some incredible DEI experts in the industry, we are launching our first big non-profit initiative, DEI Forum Nordics, in September 2022.

We need all the help from you all to make it a success. We already have an amazing team behind the scenes getting the base ready but we now need more volunteers to support us.

Are you looking to create a change? Join our team of super talented and active individuals and help us create an impact.

We are looking for:
- Copywriter
- Graphic Designer
- Social media Marketing
- Partnership Manager
- Speaker Manager
- Program Manager

What will you get?
- A certificate of participation for your role
- Free online ticket to the event
- A chance to win a free live event ticket
- A helpful community of people from very diverse backgrounds
- A chance to network with our speakers and participants

Send us your CV or application at contact(at)deiforumnordics.com

One of our goals for the event is to provide a platform for diverse voices and increase representation. We encourage all people irrespective of their backgrounds (gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, family status, disability, religion, ethnicity, race, color, educational background, languages spoken, national origin, neurodivergence, and other underrepresented groups) to apply for our roles and help us create an inclusive event.

We are super excited to have you on board!!!

27/05/2022

Join our Team!!!

As a part of our commitment to creating a more inclusive society, together with some incredible DEI experts in the industry, we are launching our first big non-profit initiative, DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Forum Nordics, in September 2022.

We need all the help from you all to make it a success. We already have an amazing team behind the scenes getting the base ready but we now need more volunteers to support us.

Are you looking to create a change? Join our team of super talented and active individuals and help us create an impact.

What will you get?
-A certificate of participation for your role
-Free online ticket to the event
-A chance to win a free live event ticket
-A helpful community of people from very diverse backgrounds
-A chance to network with our speakers and participants

Send us your CV or application at contact(at)deiforumnordics.com

One of our goals for the event is to provide a platform to diverse voices and increase representation. We encourage all people irrespective of their backgrounds (gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, family status, disability, religion, ethnicity, race, color, educational background, languages spoken, national origin, neurodivergence, and other underrepresented groups) to apply for our roles and help us create an inclusive event.

We are super excited to have you on board!!!

24/05/2022

BusinessWiz is coming to EMERGE 2022!

EMERGE is a top tech conference where local talents & creative ideas across the tech industry meet global investors. Starting in Belarus in 2018, EMERGE has become the largest startup conference in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

This year, our CEO & Co-founder of BusinessWiz Priyanka Banerjee is joining EMERGE 2022 as a speaker, alongside other experienced professionals from giant companies in the tech industry, including Microsoft, Facebook, Nike, WhatsApp, WeTransfer, Wargaming, Tilda Publishing, and many more. We will be sharing insights and expert views on the global tech movements.

EMERGE 2022 will be held on 1 - 2 June 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. 🔥 Buy your ticket: https://emergeconf.io/

19/05/2022

Our DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Mastermind group met again this month with more interesting DEI journeys and learning.

This time we had the pleasure to learn about the DEI journey of Brella, presented by Hanna Kontinen. Her talk was impactful, as it showed how a new company could approach DEI with limited resources and work towards building an inclusive company culture.

Building an inclusive company culture is easier if the foundation starts very early, therefore, for startups, it is essential to work towards their DEI journey from the very get-go. But in reality, not many startups or scaleups focus on developing their company culture due to a lack of resources and understanding. Hopefully, with increasing awareness and insights, more companies will understand how they can advance their company culture from the very beginning.

We also heard another compelling personal journey from DEI consultant Hodan Mohamed about how her work shifted from being a Pharmacist to starting Hodan and now to helping companies in their DEI journey.

Thank you for sharing your stories, it is such a privilege to learn from so many people with diverse backgrounds and different DEI journeys. Next month, we will meet in person. Stay tuned for more updates!