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In this article the founders of a new influencer marketing agency Purple Goat talk about the power of the disabled community’s purple pound and how brands are missing a trick when it comes to advertising.

It might feel counterintuitive, but for some organisations, diversity and inclusion and a sense of belonging is even more important during the challenges of working through a global pandemic. To find out more, I spoke with Sally Bucknell, the Director of Diversity and Inclusiveness for EY in the UK.

Find out how HS2 is embedding equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation to deliver its vision. Inclusive systems and processes are integral to becoming both the ‘backbone’ of the railway network and a catalyst for growth across Britain.

For this article, I interviewed Peter Cheese. He is the Chief Executive of the CIPD, which is the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and the CIPD is the professional body for HR, and people development. I was keen to find out what progress he feels diversity and inclusion has made.

In this interview, I speak to Boris Altemeyer, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer for Cognisess. Boris explains how its predictive people analytics platform works for organisations looking to build all kinds of diversity. Find out more about this powerful yet fun to use tool and how it delves beyond the superficial to harness workforce potential

In this interview Ben Brown, Head of Engineering for Europe from Intuit QuickBooks talked to me about how the company uses inclusive design to improve the customer experience and diversity of colleague experience. He also explains how the whole thing started at a kitchen table.

In recent years EY has increased its profile as an inclusive employer. Sally explains how EY achieved this. ‘Like a lot of organisations, we went on a journey with this aspect of building the brand. To do this, you have to be prepared to run with some tension between how you would promote a brand to sell and how to convey the brand as who you are.’

Andrew Jones talks to me about Agility in Mind, the company he founded ten years ago to help companies apply the Agile manifesto principles. Andrew discusses how Agile principles benefit organisations, by bringing people and their diverse perspectives together to work on shared goals.

Jennifer Pyne talks to me about her research-based tips for companies keen to grow their diversity and inclusion brand activities and communications the right way. Find out how to avoid making common mistakes with visual content like not plastering those well-meant rainbows and hands everywhere.

HS2 has a UK leading approach ‘because our award-winning Inclusive Procurement model is end-to-end. It’s baked in at every stage of the procurement process along with effective monitoring. This applies to small and multi-billion-pound contracts.

InChorus uses technology to ‘shine a light on bias to grow an inclusive organisation’. Previous experience in an HR tech company developed Rosie’s interest in technology apps making better workplaces. Diversity and inclusion formed a key area of her work, understanding the challenges and looking at existing technological solutions. Raj has start-up entrepreneurship and venture capital experience but found it unrewarding to ‘teach rich companies how to make more money’.

I am an Amazon best-selling author! D&I in VUCA times Diversity and inclusion on a shoestring The million-pound disability pay out