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Race Forward PodEpisode 23: How to measure and build ant-racist cultures with Ivié ItojeEpisode 23 brings a conversation between Lydiah Igweh and Ivié Itoje about achieving racial awareness & diversity and breaking barriers to inclusion and racist behaviours through a measured approach.
Ivié is the Anti-Racism Expert at Flair Impact, a people analytics company that helps organisations measure and build anti-racist cultures, founded on the footrail of the Black Lives Matter campaigns and following the murder of George Floyd.
Ivié started as a student activist, challenging policy, discrimination courses on campus. She went on to study law with great interest in race theory.
Her experience includes wor...
2021-10-2623 minRace Forward PodEpisode 22: Race Equality Matters with Javed ThomasIn episode 22, Lydiah Igweh speaks to Javed Thomas. Javed is an Executive Director at The Collaboratory & Co-Founder of Race Equality Matters, a UK initiative that aims to create positive change and tackle racial inequality in the workplace.
Javed shares insights on creating collaborations that ensure everyone is represented and heard to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong and thrive regardless of their race.
Within his work experience, Javed has developed several highly effective initiatives addressing DEI and mental wellness in the workplace, including initiatives such as the #ThisisMe and the hugely successful Green Ribbon campaign reaching...
2021-10-1929 minRace Forward PodEpisode 21: Tackling Racial Stereotyping with Nzinga OrgillIn this episode, Lydiah Igweh talks to Nzinga Orgill, who shares insights on breaking racial stereotyping and achieving sustainable DEI in the workplace.
Nzinga Orgill is the Founder & CEO of RaCExpert Limited.
She is an anti-racism strategist and diversity, equality & Inclusion consultant. Nzinga is a transformational change leader in the innovation, automation and digitisation spaces. As an advocate of social justice, Nzinga believes in giving everyone the support, sponsorship and opportunity to move forward and progress. In her words, being able to “do what we say, and say what we do” is where prog...
2021-10-1240 minRace Forward PodEpisode 20: Improving the Black Employee Experience with Richard OdufisanIn this episode, Deloitte's Richard Odufisan shares insights on the importance of celebrating multi-racial and multi-cultural history. Richard shares the innovative initiatives and ways to achieve a cohesive multi-racial workforce. He shares how to "listen" to your employees to learn the challenges they face as a specific race and create allyship in the workplace and community. He delves deeper into how you can collaboratively drive positive change to achieve DEI goals while constantly learning and improving as an organisation. And most importantly, he shares practical insights on how to continually measure organisational progress towards achieving inclusive workplaces for all...
2021-10-0518 minRace Forward PodEpisode 19: Inclusive Leadership with Jenny GarrettIn this episode, Jenny shares her strategies for inclusive leadership and the importance of equity in creating an organisation that empowers and inspires employees to be their authentic selves, to have a sense of belonging.
She shares her experiences of inequality, especially racism, and how she overcame adversity in her early career, including creating solutions to the challenges she faced.
About Jenny Garrett
Jenny is an award-winning Career Coach, Leadership Trainer, Speaker & Author. Using her unique skills around gender balance, leadership, inclusion and self-improvement Jenny works with individuals and organisations...
2021-09-2823 minRace Forward PodEpisode 18: The Importance of Inclusion for Effective People Engagement with Tiger de Souza.In this episode of the Race Forward Pod with Lydiah Igweh and Tiger de Souza, Tiger shares his love for working at the National Trust to create a culture that values difference, includes everyone, and recognises the strength that comes from diversity.
He provides insights into the importance of strategies and initiatives focused on inclusion as a driver for effective employee engagement, and in developing inclusive work environments.
He has had a wide-ranging career in the non-profit sector and worked at the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors, NSPCC and England Netball.
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Race Forward PodEpisode 17: Race, Football and Society with Michael DuberryRashford, Sancho, and Saka suffered racist abuse after England lost the penalty shootout against Italy in Euro 2020. Episode 17 features former professional footballer Michael Duberry. Michael talks about tackling racism in football and shares his thoughts on the role of clubs, society and social media platforms in creating an anti-racist culture and a positive experience for all.
Michael had a 20-year playing career when the average football career is only 8 years. He made a staggering 500 appearances for clubs including Chelsea, Leeds United, Stoke City and Reading, to name but a few. After retiring from elite football, Michael set...
2021-09-1431 minRace Forward PodEpisode 16: Belonging and the Future of Work with Asif Sadiq MBEBuilding synergies between internal and external DE&I efforts is a challenge faced by many organisations. In this episode 16, Asif Sadiq MBE, Senior Vice President of E&I International at Warner Media, explains the importance of transformation from DE&I to belonging to create future workplaces.
Asif has a long and rich career in the DE&I space, with previous senior executive roles at Adidas, The Telegraph, and EY Financial Services. He is listed as one of the most Influential Global D&I Leaders by Hive Learning, the CIPD’s Top 20 Power Li...
2021-09-0725 minRace Forward PodEpisode 15: Let’s Talk Money with Selina Flavius.Most people do not grow up in a household where personal and business finance is spoken about. Still, Selina Flavius of Black Girl Finance is committed to making personal and business finance more accessible. In this episode, Selina shares many positive and uplifting insights into how to take responsibility for your money confidently, even in the face of adversity.
Selina is the British Bank Awards Online Financial Influencer of the Year 2021, the best selling author of Black Girl Finance Let's Talk Money, Speaker and Finance Coach. Today, the Black Girl Finance Brand includes a podcast, an 11k strong social media...
2021-08-3120 minRace Forward PodEpisode 14: Allyship Support Driving D&IWant to help your fellow colleagues who may be struggling with opportunities in the workplace?
Learn how allyship can be the key to unlocking the power of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 14 of the Race Forward Pod: Allyship Support Driving D&I with NatWest Group’s Abram Tilling, Pam Sheemar, Amber Rai, and Clinton Raghnal.
2021-08-2443 minRace Forward PodEpisode 13: Sustainable D&I with Hannah AwonugaWant to learn how to create a sustainable D&I strategy, which not only drives change but makes an impact for years to come?
Businesses need to look through multiple lenses when it comes to a D&I strategy, and should dig deeper into the intersectionality of its multiple facets such as race, gender, disability, and more to assure a long-term and sustainable plan of action.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 13 of The Race Forward Pod: Sustainable D&I with Hannah Awonuga, Founder of Rarity London Career Development Services.
2021-08-1721 minRace Forward PodEpisode 12: Sponsorship Driven D&I with Reg AmoahWant to make positive changes towards diversity and inclusion in your workplace, but feel like your voice isn’t being heard?
Learn how to use sponsorship as a change vehicle to push for increased diversity at senior levels.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 12 of The Race Forward Pod: Sponsorship Driven D&I with Reg Amoah, Diversity and Inclusion Lead - Omnicon Media Group UK
2021-08-1031 minRace Forward PodEpisode 11: From Banking To Netflix with Andrew OsayemiEver heard of someone from humble beginnings entering the investment banking arena, working in London and New York, being made redundant and then creating an award winning TV Series with no experience in the film industry whatsoever?
Learn how film and TV can be a source of inspiration and comfort to those who feel alone and out of place in society.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 11 of The Race Forward Pod: From Banking to Netflix with Andrew Osayemi, Creator and Producer of Meet The Adebanjos and inspirational author.
2021-08-0329 minRace Forward PodEpisode 10: Culture, Recruitment & Progression with Lucy AdlerWant to push for enhanced inclusion goals within your workplace, but unsure which areas to focus on?
Learn about Lloyds Banking Group’s Race Action Plan and its three strands - culture, recruitment, and progression, and how it’s helped in creating a more diverse and inclusive culture.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 10 of The Race Forward Pod: Culture, Recruitment & Progression with Lucy Adler, Head of D&I, Commercial Banking - Lloyds Banking Group
2021-07-2737 minRace Forward PodEpisode 9: Representation Through Recruitment with Richard PickardWhere do you look to hire talent?
All businesses need to be conscious, not only, of being inclusive in their hiring processes, but working with agencies which do the same in their search processes as to contribute to the wider drive for change.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 9 of The Race Forward Pod: Representation Through Recruitment with Richard Pickard, Founder of Inclusive Search.
2021-07-2023 minRace Forward PodEpisode 8: Passion Rooted In Experience with Kei-Retta FarrellHave you ever experienced something which changed your life forever?
Many people are faced with circumstances beyond their control which can affect the opportunities they have and the decisions they have to make. Today we are so lucky to be joined by someone who overcame her hardship and uses her experience to inspire others in everything that she does.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 8 of The Race Forward Pod: Passion Rooted in Experience with Kei-Retta Farrell, Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging - Clic Sargent.
2021-07-1318 minRace Forward PodEpisode 7: D&I Driven By Senior Leaders with Annika AllenWorking at a large corporation but unsure of what steps to take to create a diverse and inclusive culture at a global scale?
Learn how to change the work environment around you to make it more inclusive of talent from a range of diverse backgrounds, no matter how big you are.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 6 of The Race Forward Pod: A Day in My Shoes with Geoffrey O. Williams, Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Dr. Martens.
2021-07-0629 minRace Forward PodEpisode 6: A Day in My Shoes with Geoffrey WilliamsTune in to the Race Forward Pod with your host, Lydiah Igweh, to be inspired by the world’s most respected D&I leaders, practitioners, and advocates to inform better decision-making and help you create a more diverse and inclusive workplace.
2021-06-2826 minRace Forward PodEpisode 5: Data Driven D&I with Bola GibsonWant to create a more inclusive culture in your workplace, but don’t know where to look to inform your decisions?
Learn how to use data to drive evidence-based sustainable D&I strategies and initiatives in your workplace today.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 5 of The Race Forward Pod: Data Driven D&I with Bola Gibson, Head of Inclusion and CSR at Osborne Clarke.
2021-06-2230 minRace Forward PodEpisode 4: Break Barriers & Maximise Potential with Vicky BawaLearn how to attract more women to your workforce and maximise their potential.
This episode is particularly useful if you work in a traditionally male-dominated industry, especially STEM. As more and more females are taking STEM subjects, it’s so important to support the next generation of women in the field!
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 4 of The Race Forward Pod: Break Barriers & Maximise Potential with Vicky Bawa, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at BAE Systems.
2021-06-1518 minRace Forward PodEpisode 3: Take Pride In Being Different with Bhavik PancholiWant to learn how to take pride in being different and how to embrace that difference as a business?
Many people grow up without role models who look like them, who represent them, who make them feel like they have a place in society. This is all changing now, but there are many miles ahead.
Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 3 of The Race Forward Pod: Take Pride in Being Different with Bhavik Pancholi, Pioneering D&I Activist and Consultant.
2021-06-0732 minRace Forward PodEpisode 2: The Power of Belonging with Joanne ConwayDid you know that feeling connected & belonging is key to our survival as human beings?
Have a listen to EY UK & Ireland’s Deputy Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Joanne Conway’s, incredible knowledge on belonging, engaging your employees and making them feel valued.
2021-06-0126 minRace Forward PodEpisode 1: From Pre-Hire to Retire: Inclusive Leadership with Deborah RichardsInterested in creating a diverse and inclusive culture, but don’t know where to start?
Have a listen to former D&I Leader for IBM UK & Ireland, Deborah Richards’, fantastic advice to companies that want to implement diversity and inclusion strategies, but aren’t sure where to begin.
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