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53:23Workplace Surgery — disappearing EDI valuesLeanne Elliott: Let Jake go first. No, let Jake go first Al Elliott: Jake Jake Tuber: I have often asked people to consider whether or not their company's values are just wall art. In other words, are they just the thingEP 290 · 7 Apr 2026·workplace surgery· 53:23–59:0633:01Starting with the legal basicsAl Elliott: I think, if a lot of people listening to this, they've not had much experience with EDI, DEI, they might be thinking, oh my God, this is so complicated. And I might get it all wrong and that I'm really frightEP 53 · 24 Aug 2023·interview· 33:01–38:1644:55Clip 11 — EDI 101 for Leaders: positive discriminationAl Elliott: So that was episode 45, EDI 101 for Leaders Leanne Elliott: So I picked that clip on positive discrimination because Al and I, believe it or not, we do actually do some research into what people want to hear.EP 52 · 17 Aug 2023·other· 44:55–45:2413:12Al's honest question: 'What can I actually say?'Catherine Garrod: Katherine Garrard, the founder of Compelling Culture and the author of Conscious Inclusion: How to do EDI, one decision at a time. EDI stands for equity, diversity, and inclusion, and essentially I workEP 45 · 28 Jun 2023·panel interview· 13:12–15:4315:43EDI, D&I, EDIB — what's the difference?Al Elliott: So inclusion's Just as a quick aside, that's a great explanation of the difference between equity and equality, because I have to be honest, until we started doing this, I think— and I think I might even haveEP 45 · 28 Jun 2023·panel interview· 15:43–16:2218:36Is EDI just HR's job?Leanne Elliott: You might be thinking a lot of this is surely covered by legislation, HR laws and policies. Isn't it HR's job to get this stuff in place? Yes, it is, but that is just a start. As Katherine explained, therEP 45 · 28 Jun 2023·panel interview· 18:36–21:1921:19Why bother beyond 'doing the right thing?'Al Elliott: So this all kind of makes sense, but we— I have to ask this. We, businesses, are kind of struggling at the moment. A lot of people are struggling. We've got, you know, heading for potentially a recession, infEP 45 · 28 Jun 2023·panel interview· 21:19–27:4145:05What happens when businesses get it wrongLeanne Elliott: This is something we see very frequently, and be very mindful of this if you are a business owner putting in these types of interventions. It's called the deficit model. It's when we put the emphasis for EP 45 · 28 Jun 2023·panel interview· 45:05–53:5360:13Where do I even start?Al Elliott: Loving this. British term, whoopsie-daisy. I'm loving it. All right, so how do we get started? We've heard all kinds of things. Let's just talk about how we get started. Here's Sonya to talk about the first sEP 45 · 28 Jun 2023·panel interview· 60:13–65:38

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