The D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work

After a severe brain injury, Julie Harris lost all memory of the first 20 years of her life. As a result of her own experience, she is now a disability inclusion trainer and consultant, helping organisations better support their employees, and helping people with a disability. We spoke with Julie about how her circumstances have affected her in work and life. She guides us through her journey, fro...

Is your organisation diverse? Or is it diverse …ish? Today, we’re speaking with Toby Mildon. Toby is the founder and director of Mildon, an organisation that helps companies implement effective diversity and inclusion. Before he started on his entrepreneurial journey, Toby helped some of the UK’s largest companies, such as BBC and Deloitte to bring better diversity and inclusion into their workpla...

In this episode of The D&Igest, we speak with Nichelle Grant, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Siemens USA. She holds over 30 years of experience within the industry, and has been with Siemens for 22 years. As Nichelle shares her journey with us, you’ll discover how her passion for making sure that society and the workplace are diverse, equitable and inclusive has been at the forefro...

What is your PIE? What has made you proud , has inspired you and has empowered you today? In this episode, we’re joined by Shelley Jeffcoat, founder, director, mentor, author and so much more. We learn about her inspiring story, from growing up in Jamaica to her impressive career in the tech industry starting as a field engineer, her roles at HP, IBM and AT&T and her current position as founde...

On the latest episode of The D&Igest you will hear Matthew Carney talk about what it means to be queer, how each city and its queer communities are a different breath of fresh air and what true representation matters. Matthew is involved in many projects but his own baby is the Knaphouse based in Amsterdam that is a full powerhouse for all things queer! They are helping brands truly defining i...

In this week's episode of The D&Igest we have the Head of DE&I at Carta- Mita Mallick . With over 15 year of experience as a Storyteller working with some iconic brands like AVEENO, Vaseline and Dove, to name a few- she is now doing some revolutionary work to create inclusive workplaces and communities. Mita talks to us about growing up as a daughter to immigrant parents, as a young girl w...

In this episode of The D&Igest we have David Court- a UK based media producers with a long background in creating, producing and directing genre television and movies in the UK and US for Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Television, MTV and Lionsgate. David talks about his journey from his schooling, being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and now working with some madly talented children in th...

On this episode of The D&Igest we spoke to D&I lead, EMEA & APAC at Uber- Rodrigo Caetano Teixeira . He shares authentic journey about coming out to his parents in Brazil, moving across the world as a recruiter to Budapest and joining the D&I space for Uber in Mexico. Rodrigo is an inspiration to anyone who seeks to explore beyond their comfort zone and make an impact when it comes...

In the latest episode on The D&Igest, we have Lisa Mulligan speak about her journey as an HR professional who through her passion and the right opportunities stepped in as a global D&I leader and is loving her role with Worley in Singapore. She is also a host of a diversity podcast called- A Dog Called Diversity .  Lisa shares her insights on what D&I has meant for corporates and...

Sheree Atcheson , a multi-award winning worldwide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion leader, keynote speaker, and published author, is our next D&Igest guest. Sheree has a beautiful story to tell, from being adopted as a three-week-old baby from Sri Lanka to growing up as a brown person in a conservative Ireland, working as a software engineer, and now authoring a book on diversity and inclusion...

In this episode of The D&Igest we speak to award winning entrepreneur Shana Gujral about what her journey in the world of EdTech has been and how she is creating a world where nobody has to feel awkward being their true selves at work. Shana is the founder of an E-learning platform called Lila. Tune in to listen to Shana's story. 

"The pay gap is not about gender, it's about meritocracy" - Pay equity advocate and consultant Vidir shares how a system of meritocracy (and analytics) has helped him eliminate the gender pay gap within 5 years in this episode of the Diversely Podcast - The D&Igest. Head of Consulting at PayAnalytics and notable speaker on fair-pay, Vidir Ragnarsson is our guest and shares his unexpected journ...

In the next episode of The D&Igest we have an extraordinary story to share with Kevin Bowsher who was once in the Police forces in the UK and has worked on infamous cases like the Stephen Lawrence murder case. He is now a D&I Director at Mace and has achieved Assoc CIPD status.  Tune in to hear from the man himself, a very timely conversation with all that is going on in the world cur...

Joanne Monck was David for 58 years of her life and in this episode of The D&Igest she shares her journey from childhood to now- as an OBE award winner for her contribution towards transgender equality and a D&I advocate.   We had goosebumps when we heard Joanne share her story, but her courage and will to do make a mark in this world truly inspires us. Joanne is the Director of Globa...

Britain's 'First black female Creative Director' and an award-winning creative lead- Jo Arscott is our fabulous next guest on The D&Igest. Jo is a global citizen with a wealth of experience not only in marketing billion-dollar FMCG/Retail brands - but is also a guest lecturer in universities, a mentor and a D&I advocate.  Tune into the podcast to hear this creative-genius talk about h...

On our next episode of The D&Igest we have Yogesh Sokhal who is the Group Vice President, for the Strategic Clients Group across APAC at Oracle . Yogesh is passionate about coaching and mentoring and is a mentor and a coach to leaders across Asia Pacific on a pro-bono basis. He considers himself a global citizen having lived in India, Japan, Luxembourg, the UK and the Netherlands and currently...

In episode 4 of The D&Igest, Hayley Bakker (co-founder and CPO of Diversely) hosts with Sergio Panday (co-founder of Roots Inspire) as a special guest. Sergio spent several years in the world of corporate finance all across the world and has now made it his mission with Roots Inspire to boost ethnic diversity in senior business positions. He is a firm believer that having ethnically diverse re...

Tanya Rolfe is our next guest on the D&Igest and she is a force to be reckoned with. With over 15 years of working in some of the biggest law firms in the world, Tanya moved over to devoting all her efforts in the fight gender equality especially in the world of finance. Founder of Sophia , Tanya is now on a mission to educate and empower women so that they can fully take charge of their wealt...

Emery Fung , a special guest from Hong Kong, joins us on the upcoming edition of The D&IGest. Emery wears several hats—he's TedX speaker, an LGBTQ+ champion, a podcast host, and a corporate speaker—and he does so with such zeal that it's contagious.  In this episode, Emery talks about his transition from Elaine and how he navigated his journey through his years in the UK and Hong Kong. Ha...

“Ageism is the one ism we’ll all experience, if we’re lucky.”- A quote so rightly spoken by Jane has always stuck with us and inspired us to have her share her story in the very first episode of the Diversely Podcast- The D&Igest.  Founder of the Uninvisibility Project and co-author of Invisible to Invaluable, Jane Evans is our first guest and shares her incredible story through the adver...