Please subscribe to the channel, like and/or leave a comment!!In this episode, I'm speaking to Jane Farrell (former co-founder and CEO of Equality Works/ EW Group) who has spent over 30 years improving diversity and equity in workplaces . We talk about unconscious bias, institutional discrimination, equality monitoring, building a business case, what it means to take a strategic approach to Diversity, Equity Inclusion (and how you can do this on a tight budget). Jane Farrell Consultancy: https://www.janefarrellconsultancy.com Imogen runs a social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates:https://www.imogenblood.co.uk/Imogen specialises in Equality Impact Assessment, and the analysis of equality monitoring data. Discussed in the podcast: 1999: Report of the Stephen Lawrence inquiryhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-stephen-lawrence-inquiry On racial inequalities in UK maternity services https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmwomeq/94/report.html Evidence for business case for DEI: McKinsey: Diversity matters even more (2023): https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-matters-even-more-the-case-for-holistic-impactDeloitte: Missing out: The business case for customer diversity: https://www.deloitte.com/au/en/services/consulting/perspectives/business-case-customer-diversity.html Chapters1:09 - Introduction2:13 - Finding hope in tough times07:35 - Social class11:39 - Doing DEI on a shoestring 16:24 - Access, Experience, Outcome17:55 - Unconscious bias23:26 - Institutional Discrimination 27:39 - Monitoring data 32:24 - DEI is life or death 35:09 - Strategic approach in a criminal justice setting42:39 - Workforce and/or service provision45:44 - Building a business case50:53 - DEI in the care sector 53:39 - Advice for those working on DEI