The Element of Inclusion

By Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey Diversity & Inclusion I Broadcaster I Speaker I ProtagonistBusiness Careers

The Element of Inclusion episodes

October 20Why the DEI Field is not a Profession
DEI was never a profession, it had no structural defence when the pressure came. Here I examine what went wrong.
In this episode we cover:
Why inclusion failed every test of professionalisation
How occupational groups collapse under political pressure
How to professionalise your own inclusion practice
If you want to go further
When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis.
It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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17 min
October 13The Economic Principle That Makes Everyone Support Inclusion
If your inclusion work feels zero-sum to leadership, resistance is rational. Here I explain the economic test that eliminates it.
In this episode we cover:
How zero-sum thinking makes resistance rational
Why Pareto improvements eliminate the inclusion objection
How to test your interventions against the frontier
If you want to go further
When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis.
It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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9 min
October 06Why Should You Care About Inclusion In The Age of AI
Why should you care about inclusion? Here I explain how I approach this topic in the age of AI.
In this episode we cover:
Why people are tired of inclusion
How we think about these issues
Why you should make your own mind up
If you want to go further
When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis.
It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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7 min
September 22How AI is Forcing Us Into Protean Careers
If you’re worried about being replaced by AI. I think it’s still possible to have a fulfilling career. Here I trace the career equation I’ve followed for 15 years.
In this episode we cover:
Why AI accelerates the rare skills principle
How to spot skills losing their rarity
How a 15-year career equation still works
If you want to go further
When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis.
It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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12 min
September 155 Principles From 6,000 Days of Studying Inclusion
If you need research backed principles to make inclusion work, here I share 5 from my PhD tested in over a decade of client work.
In this episode we cover:
How group identity decides who gets ahead
Why trust can’t live in a policy document
Why your colleagues edit themselves before they speak
If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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15 min
September 08Why Leaders Don’t Accept Your Evidence
If leaders reject your evidence, they have a competing interpretation and your case has only done half the work. Here I unpack how to complete it.
In this episode we cover:
Why data and evidence are not the same
How competing interpretations block action
How to use 4 sources in both directions
If you want to go further
When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis.
It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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10 min
September 01Why Workplace Bully Culture is Bad For Business
If you can’t define bullying, you can’t cost it. Here I break down the research definition, the causes and what it costs your business.
In this episode we cover:
The 3 elements of workplace bullying
How working conditions predict bullying at work
Why the cost of bullying is understated in your business
If you want to go further
When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis.
It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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16 min
August 25The Step Most HR Leaders Skip When Building An Inclusive Workplace
If you started your inclusion work without gathering evidence for the problem, you can’t prove what changed. Here I unpack why.
In this episode we cover:
Why most inclusion work starts without evidence
How little evidence you actually need
Why no evidence in means no evidence out
If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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8 min
August 11
If your team runs cultural events all year with no measurable outcome, your calendar is producing visibility, not progress. Here I break down why.
In this episode we cover:
Why attendance and engagement are false proxies
How Flags, Food and Fun replace progress
Why busy is the worst thing to be
If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here’s our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/
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10 min
August 04What Evidence Based Inclusion Actually Means
If you call your work evidence-based but can’t define evidence in one sentence, that’s a structural gap. Here I break down what the term requires.
In this episode we cover:
How data collection differs from evidence generation
Why classifying claims builds personal diagnostic skill
How 4 evidence sources expose organisational blind spots
If you want to go further
When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis.
It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust.
Here’s our method on one page.
Get it here.
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8 min