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/

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/

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/