Episode 29: D&I is not a spectator sport – Kristen Anderson, former Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Barilla

In this week’s episode Kristen shares her passion for ensuring no one feels they need to hide themselves at work. Discussing the productivity and business impacts of diverse and homogenous teams, Kristen shares Barilla’s approach to embedding D&I across the business and provides specific examples of how D&I has helped deliver commercial business goals. With the pandemic creating adjustments to the working world, Kristen asks us to consider the inclusion impacts of remote working – to avoid taking steps back and leaving people behind. Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about: [4:30] The business impact of having to hide yourself at work [6:20] Diverse teams can perform much better, but also much worse [8:00] Barilla’s approach to D&I not being a separate function [12:09] D&I is not a spectator sport [18:40] Examples of D&I delivering commercial business goals [23:00] The Inner Circle exercise [25:45] The impact of remote working on inclusion  Referenced resources The International Dimensions of Organisational Behaviour The New York Times: Will remote workers get left behind in the hybrid office? “I love How HR Leaders Change the World” – if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show! This helps us achieve our goal, to reach more of your peers, so we can all contribute to further and faster change. Scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review”. Be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. We’ll add a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not following there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Follow today!