DEI and creating safe spaces at work

Watch our online talent leadership event and learn why psychological safety is so important in driving DEI.

Feb 24 2022 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm London

11:00am New York, 8:00am Los Angeles

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Vikki Leach

Diversity and Inclusion Director

Joanna Fennell

VP, Global HR Business Partner

Johnny Campbell

CEO + Co-Founder

Joanne Lockwood

Inclusion & Belonging Specialist

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Hallam Sargeant

Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer

Salma El-Wardany

Speaker, BBC presenter and Founder

Joe Gerstandt

Keynote speaker, inclusion strategist

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Vikki Leach

Diversity and Inclusion Director

Hallam Sargeant

Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer

Joanna Fennell

VP, Global HR Business Partner

Salma El-Wardany

Speaker, BBC presenter and Founder

Johnny Campbell

CEO + Co-Founder

Joe Gerstandt

Keynote speaker, inclusion strategist

Joanne Lockwood

Inclusion & Belonging Specialist

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Event overview

D&I efforts in organizations often focus solely on hiring diverse talent. And while this is mission critical, without a safe and inclusive environment to support these employees, you’ll find it increasingly difficult to retain and engage staff.

Psychological safety can unlock vast potential in a diverse workforce. When workers feel comfortable in themselves, confident to challenge the status quo and heard, your organization is more likely to innovate, grow and succeed.

In this event, we bring together a host of diversity and inclusion leaders from global organizations like Zalando, Avanade and Flex, to discuss how fostering a culture of safety and belonging can allow employees to flourish, thus strengthening the very core of your business.

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How creating a safe workplace impacts organizations and DEI

87%

of the time, inclusive teams make better business decisions.


– Cloverpop

89%

of employees believe it is the responsibility of business leaders to create a safe and respectful workplace.

– McKinsey

#1

After a two year study, Google found that psychological safety is the number one dynamic in creating a successful team.

– Google

45%

of American workers have experienced discrimination or harrassment in the past year.

– Gallup

Workplace diversity leads to more innovation, greater engagement, and improved business performance. But without a safe environment where inclusion and belonging are truly embedded, none of the benefits associated with diversity can thrive.

Employees need to feel secure and seen, and this is increasingly valid for those who come from minority groups. Prioritizing psychological safety demonstrates how your organization prioritizes DEI – both work in tandem to encourage employees to be authentic and feel respected.

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Who is the event for?

While aimed at DEI, TA and HR leaders, this digital event is also essential for anyone in a leadership role with growing teams.

We bring together industry experts and senior DEI and TA leaders from some of the world’s best-known organizations like Avanade, Zalando and Flex to unpack the concept of psychological safety in terms of creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace.

What will I learn?

Our goal is to discuss the importance of psychological safety and how it can be embedded and scaled within a global company.

Through a series of expert panels and fireside chats with senior leaders in DEI and TA, you will learn why psychological safety is the key to any successful diversity initiative and also best practices for implementing it.

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“Psychological safety describes a climate at work where one believes that you can freely speak up with ideas, concerns, questions, or even mistakes – it is a permission for candor”

Amy Edmondson

Novartis Professor of Leadership, Harvard Business School

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Your agenda

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Fireside chat 1 with Vikki Leach, Zalando

Johnny Campbell hosts a fireside chat with Zalando’s D&I Director, Vikki Leach, to discuss what psychological safety really means, the importance of creating safe workspaces, and share some tactical insights on how to do so.

Panel: What is psychological safety? And why is it so important?

Here, industry leaders dive into the brass-tacks of how to build psychological safety into the very DNA of a company.

Fireside chat 2 with Hallam Sargeant, Avanade

Johnny Campbell hosts a fireside chat with Avanade’s Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, Hallam Sargeant, to get their unique perspective on psychological safety and its role in DEI.

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Your Speakers

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Vikki
Leach

Diversity and Inclusion Director

Zalando

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Hallam
Sargeant

Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer

Avanade

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Joanna
Fennell

Vice President, Global HR Business Partner

Flex

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Salma
El-Wardany

Speaker, author, BBC presenter and Founder

Digitally Human

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Joanne Lockwood

Inclusion & Belonging Specialist

SEE Change Happen

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Johnny
Campbell

CEO + Co-Founder

SocialTalent

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Joe Gerstandt

Keynote speaker, inclusion strategist

joegerstandt.com

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