Diversity Network

09/07/2024

Thank you to everyone who helped make our fifth and biggest-ever digital online INCLUSION Festival a success. We are so excited by the massive enthusiasm to create real, meaningful change in our workplaces. Thank you for being part of the change!

Even if you didn’t quite catch the online Inclusion Festival this year, you can still for on-demand access to get up to speed with the latest thinking on cultural workplace transformation. Come and join us!

Simply head to https://diversity-network.com and you can register there.

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19/07/2023

One way to solve the labour shortage in the US is to fix the care crisis for those with caring responsibilities outside their jobs.

More than half the American workforce have unpaid care responsibilities and must be supported and encouraged to remain in the workplace, urges a report by (BCG) based on the .

To bridge the gap, more workers for child, adult, and medical (especially chronic) care will need to be employed.

"Paid-care shortages strain the ability of employed caregivers to participate in the workforce, as many have experienced acutely during the pandemic," confirms the report.

It is estimated paid-care sector jobs will make up an enormous three-quarters of the nation’s job growth by 2030. Most jobs in the caring profession offer low wages and are demanding, and likely to remain vacant in the labour-constrained market, says the report, which was published last year.

10/07/2023

"Increased immigration, longer life expectancy and a decline in birth rates are transforming the US workforce in two important ways," says Adia Harvey Wingfield, Professor of Sociology, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

“The people powering this nation’s economy include far more people of colour and workers over 55 than was the case four decades ago. And this diversity will keep growing in the years ahead, economists predict." 

Professor Wingfield has looked at research from important US institutions including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which has found the number of workers who are neither white nor Latino nearly doubled to about 40 per cent in 2019 from roughly 23 per cent in 1979. 

Additionally, more older people are continuing to work. Now there are more than 37 million workers in the USA aged 55 and older: that's nearly 1 in 4 employees compared with fewer than 1 in 7 in 1979. The US government predicts that the number of Americans aged 75 and older remaining in the labour force will nearly double between 2020 and 2030.

09/06/2023

Are companies heading into a diversity crisis by laying off their DEI talent?

Diversity, equity and inclusion roles are diminishing at a faster pace than other jobs, says research undertaken by Revelio Labs with The Washington Post and Reuters.

Analysts explored how redundancies over the past two years in the technology industry have affected diversity, equity and inclusion professionals. They found that more than 300 DEI leaders, managers and other workers have left companies - sometimes entire diversity teams. "This decline in diverse hiring is not surprising, given the disproportionate impact of layoffs on DEI professionals," says the report. "Attrition rates for DEI roles have outpaced those of non-DEI roles at more than 600 US companies that laid off workers since late 2020, and have accelerated quickly in the last 6 months."

Across all industries, DEI roles tend to have more employee turnover. But at the same time, companies with DEI teams tend to have more diverse new hires as well as higher employee satisfaction, found the research.

22/04/2023

What is neurodiversity and why does it matter in the workplace?

Paul Fox is Vice President, Customer Acquisition (Workplace) at Texthelp and will be sharing his best advice at Diversity Network's free digital event Fostering, enabling and supporting Neurodiverse colleagues on Tuesday, 25th April at 11am EDT and 4pm BST.

Learn from Paul as he shares:

– The strengths and challenges that neurodiverse individuals can bring to the workplace
– How to support neurodiverse individuals to succeed in their roles
– Practical tips and tools for creating a more inclusive workplace culture
– The advantages of assistive technology and accommodations.

Other expert speakers include Lee Corless, Head of Global Expansion, Rangam Consultants, Michael Barton, TEDx speaker and author, Andrew Eddy, Co-Founder, and Meike Bliebenicht, Neurodiversity Program Lead,

Register for your ticket by clicking on the link in our bio.

We look forward to seeing you there!

07/04/2023

"We know that there is great potential in letting our differences be our strengths," says Sweden's Prince Carl Philip who has dyslexia and shared his experience the World Dyslexia Assembly on Monday at New York’s Lincoln Center this week. 

Others speakers at the event included ERIC ADAMS, the Mayor of New York, Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Groups, and Beatrice York. 

Diversity Network is hosting a free digital event Fostering, enabling and supporting Neurodiverse colleagues on Tuesday, 25th April at 11am EDT and 4pm BST.

Our expert speakers include Paul Fox, Vice President Customer Acquisition (Workplace), ; Lee Corless of Global Expansion, Consultants; Ben-Oni, Founder, Black Neurodiversity, Michael Barton, TEDx speaker and author; Andrew Eddy, Co-Founder,  and Meike Bliebenicht, Neurodiversity Program Lead, .

Head to the link in our bio to register. Hope to see you there!         

07/04/2023

07/04/2023

Thank you to Dubai for hosting a live panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in education and the workplace on campus on Thursday 6 April featuring Mehmet Onol, Senior Director - Strategic Clients Group (EMEA) at (pictured) and an expert in strategy and transformation, Yahye Siyad, Diversity and Accessibility Lead at Interactive and Elisabeth Galvin, Content Editor at Diversity Network.

The session was moderated by Siobhan McNiff, Inclusion Counsellor at Middlesex University Dubai, who
shared her work with the CAS team to advocate for people of determination in education and at work.

Yahye launched his new book, Unshakeable Will, with an exclusive and inspiring talk about his incredible life story. He shared his insights into the importance of advocating for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and in society, as he shares critical lessons from his own lived experience with a visual impairment.

Middlesex University Dubai is the largest UK university in Dubai and incredibly diverse with students from more than 100 countries attending. The staff is made up of more than 40 countries, and the university was awarded a 5 Star rating in the 2022 KHDA and QS™ Higher Education Classification which measures Happiness, Wellbeing, and Inclusiveness amongst other criteria.

08/03/2023

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We produce online events, DEI seminars and workshops to help individuals and businesses create DEI campaigns in the workplace and give people the strategies they need to achieve measurable results from their campaigns.

You can find out more about us here: https://diversity-network.com

08/03/2023

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