5 Things In 15 Minutes: Good Vibes in DEI

5 Things in 15 Minutes / Obsessed

Episode Summary

Patti Flynn, Equality Institute Senior Consultant, and I recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI) in just 15 minutes. This week our conversation is about how Getty Images curated a Black history and culture collection, Japanese-based company Nintendo is now offering benefits to LGBTQ/same-sex marriages, and more!

Episode Notes

This week we launched a really cool DEI web app (and the feedback has been 🔥). Creating the Inclusive 360 Assessment and Roadmap has been my obsession for 10 months as I sought to solve a recurring challenge our clients share - a need to cut through the overwhelm and get crystal clear direction about the next steps forward with DEI.

To be perfectly honest, I was also dissatisfied with the custom DEI analysis and strategic plan we were providing to consulting clients. I felt that the analysis was great but the plan was too general. In my own experience, when I don’t have specifics, I often get stuck and don’t take action. I like specifics. The tool is very specific.

Anyway, I promise we’ll chill out with the emails about the web app, but I want to share how proud I am of what we built, and how much I believe it can help organizations accelerate their DEI and accessibility goals.

Watch the 3-minute video.

Try it out with the Inclusive 360 Quiz.

Here are the good vibes I found this week:

  1. A Black History & Culture Collection Was Created to Provide Access to Historical & Cultural Images of the African/Black Diaspora in the US & UK
  2. Nintendo Has Enchanted Video Game Players With Titles Like Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda, but Now It’s Helping Bring LGBTQ Equality to Its Home Country of Japan
  3. Educator and Civil Rights Activist Mary McLeod Bethune Makes History as the First Black Person to Have a State-Commissioned Statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, Replacing a Confederate Statue
  4. & 5. ADP Created a Preferred Name Policy to Foster an Inclusive Workplace.  Betterment did something similar - users of this financial app have more than two genders to choose from when registering. Account holders can also add their preferred names.

Read the blog version here: https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-obsessed
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