The Element of Inclusion

The Real Reason Your DEI Metrics Don’t Matter


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Most DEI metrics are just a pantomime.
They’re not tracking things that matter.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

  1. Why most DEI efforts fail before any work has begun

  2. Why “quick wins” often become long-term liabilities

  3. How to test your inclusion project before investing in delivery

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    Key Takeaways from This Episode:

    1. Outputs don’t prove progress: outcomes do.

      • “Training is not an outcome.”

      • Specific problems demand specific solutions.

        • “You can track how many people turned up to an event. You can count how many policies you updated. You can show how many people completed a training course. And none of it may be relevant.”

        • Focus on preventions instead of a cure.

          • “You’d be surprised how often I see strategies full of goals that sound good, but don’t translate into day-to-day actions.”

            Check out these resources:

            • Business Case in a Box – A course that helps you build a business case your CFO can trust
            • Progress You Can Prove – A course to help you track and show how your organisation is becoming more inclusive (coming soon)
            • Evidence Based Inclusion System – A course to help you implement a repeatable, systematic process for inclusion (coming soon)
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              The Element of InclusionBy Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey Diversity & Inclusion I Broadcaster I Speaker I Protagonist

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