In this snippet of our interview with Alicia Richardson, she explains to Adrian what Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is all about, along with the challenges it brings. She also makes a strong business case why all companies needs to consider DEI as part of their internal employee strategies.
Listen to the full episode here or watch on YouTube here
Notable quotes:
"A lot of companies use the word culture fit a lot of the times when they're advertising for jobs or when they're looking for people. And the change should be culture ads. And that's the inclusion piece. That's the inclusion mentality. That actually you're different, but you can add something different."
"The problem is with DEI as a consultant that I've identified, is that companies say they want to do it and they want to apply DEI, but a lot of them don't know how."