It’s Going to Take More Than a Rainbow
By Salma El-Wardany, Chief Diversity Officer, Solutions Driven Today is the 1st of June, which means it’s the day that businesses inevitably slap a rainbow over their logo and proudly declare how inclusive and diverse they are. We’ve watched it happen for years, and while the initial sentiment was one of joy and hope for […]
{Podcast} Nicky O’Brien, McCurrach: Why Diversity Discussions are Vital, and What Can be Learned From Reverse Mentoring
In episode 4 of the Talent Intelligence podcast, we’re joined by Nicky O’Brien, FCIPD and HR Director at McCurrach Ltd. Nicky has worked in the HR and Talent space for over 20 years, and has been a continual champion of diversity. While data on diversity is important to McCurrach and Nicky, they’re also focused on conversations […]
{Podcast} Shirley Harrison, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre : Creating Greater Balance and Diversity in Manufacturing Through Inclusive Process Design
In Episode 3 of The Talent Intelligence Podcast we are joined by the amazing Shirley Harrison from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), based at The University of Sheffield. For over 30 years now Shirley has been working in the male dominated industry of manufacturing and mechanical engineering. And in recent months has been given […]
{Bonus Podcast} Widening The Conversation Around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Salma El-Wardany
In this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast, we catch up with Solutions Driven’s new Chief Diversity Officer, Salma El-Wardany to talk about our recent Diversity Promise & Pledge announcement and how we plan to bring that to life to benefit our employees, clients and peers. The reason we started the Diversity Promise & […]
David Cancel, CEO & Co-Founder, Drift: How Drift Plan To Be The New Face of Corporate America
A quick glance at the Comparably Awards for 2020 tells its own story. Winner of ‘Best CEO’. Winner of ‘Best CEO for Women’. And winner of ‘Best CEO for Diversity’. And that’s just the awards David Cancel won personally. How about Drift also being the winners of ‘Best Company for Diversity’, ‘Best Company Culture’ and […]
Janet Onyia, Project & Programme Manager, Accenture: Black, Female And On A Mission To Be An Advocate for Diversity in Tech
Janet Onyia is a true inspiration. Growing up as a young black female in an area of Newcastle where there weren’t any other black families, Janet has faced many challenges and struggles along the way to landing her dream job in tech. Imagine being told by your new colleague that you only landed your prestigious […]
Solutions Driven Launch Commitment and Pledge to Diversity and Inclusion in a Bold Plan to Tackle Inequality in the Workforce
17th February, 2021 With diversity and inclusion being the biggest workforce conversation, many businesses have great intentions but fall short of tangible action. To avoid this, Solutions Driven launch their diversity promise, pledging their commitment and time to addressing inequality in organisations. Their plan includes educating their own employees with interactive workshops and training, hiring […]
How Data Intelligence Delivers The Critical Insights You Need to Optimise Your Future Hiring Strategy
In this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast, our CEO Gavin Speirs and Head of Marketing Robert Gillespie sit down to explore the key data and intelligence companies should be tracking to measure existing recruitment performance, identify costly leaks and develop future recruitment strategy. Gavin also shares for the first time via screen share, […]
The New Way to do Executive Search Recruitment
In this bonus episode of The Talent Intelligence Podcast, our CEO Gavin Speirs and Head of Marketing Robert Gillespie dive deep into the world of Executive Search recruitment to look at how this process has traditionally worked and why it’s now time for a change. Inside this Episode on Executive Search Recruitment: ✔ We take a journey […]
