Putting Diversity at the Heart of your Strategy

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Putting Diversity at the Heart of your Strategy

An event that offers practical advice for positive action. How do you top the charts when it comes to diversity & inclusion? We are taking GroWiT outdoors for the first time to a spectacular roof terrace in the West End of London, at the Heart of UK Media & Entertainment.

We’re partnering with Global, home of some of the UK's best loved radio stations Heart, Capital, LBC, Radio X, Smooth and Classic FM to name a few. They also happen to be one of the leading Outdoor Advertising companies in Europe and market leaders in Digital Audio Advertising.

Join us for an evening of practical advice and discussion around how to drive a more diverse and inclusive workforce. Diversity and inclusion has seen a real shift from being an internal initiative in pockets of the organisation to a board level priority as evidence becomes clearer around tangible links to performance and growth. It seems everyone is talking about diversity, but this event is geared to not just discuss the issues and challenges but to present best practices around how organisations can drive the shift to becoming more inclusive. We are all convinced on the why. This is about the how.

For more information about our hosts, Global, check out: www.global.com and www.thisisdax.com

At the event we'll delve into the following topics and more:

How to build job specs that attract diverse talent
Why organisations are launching 'returnship' initiatives
The importance of culture and values in building a diverse business
How to make sure we overcome unconscious bias

The Agenda:
18:00 - 18:15
Networking/Refreshments

18:15 - 18:20
Welcome & Introductions
(Annette Smith, Founder, GroWiT)

18:20 - 18:30
Why diversity matters to Global
(David Henderson, CTO, Global)
(Steph Pritchard, Head of Project Delivery & Commercial Technology, Global)

18:30 - 18:50
Building a job spec that attracts diverse talent
(Babita Kumar, Client Director - Azure Digital Transformation Solutions, BP)

18:50 - 19:10
People strategy
(Andrew Faulkner, HR Deputy Director, Digital, Data & Technology, BEIS)

19:10 - 19:25
My returnship journey
(Sara Matthewman, Software Engineer, Capgemini)

19:25 - 19:45
The importance of culture and values in attracting talent
(Suzanne Craig, IT CoE Delivery & Solution Architecture, BT)

19:45 - 20:00
Q&A/Networking