I'm so Excited to share a huge update with you.
This is the biggest thing I can do to help you on your inclusion journey.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. The inclusion problems you're facing and how to solve them using evidence

2. Why I created the Ask Dr Jonathan beta tool (and what it can do for you)

3. How I used my own method to test, validate, and build a breakthrough solution

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. I've made a huge breakthrough that will benefit you
   
   • "Someone designed an inclusion strategy in less than an hour.."
2. I'm showing you that the methods I use work
   
   • "I created a hypothesis. I tested the hypothesis."
3. This isn't just an update; it's documented evidence
   
   • "This gave me evidence that it was a problem worth solving."

Check out these resources (if applicable):
Join the waitlist for the Ask Dr Jonathan Pro version.

Stop Comparing Your Inclusion Journey to Online Strangers

It's really harming you.
I think you need to stop.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. Stop Comparing Your Inclusion Journey to Online Strangers

2. The Proxy Problem of Diversity and Inclusion

3. Choosing Wisely Who You Compare Yourself To

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. Stop Comparing Your Inclusion Journey to Online Strangers

   • "They were comparing themselves, their work, their inclusion journey to Random People On The Internet"

2. Don't use false proxies to fake evidence for yourself

   • "Are gala dinners a proxy for an inclusive workplace"

3. Choose wisely who you decide is worthy of comparison

   • "Did it ever occur to you that you get to choose who you compare yourself to"

Check out these resources:

The Benchmarking Mistake That's Holding Back Your Inclusion Work

The Proxy Problem of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

If you need encouragement on your inclusion journey this message is for you.
You're finding this because you need it.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. Why you should keep going on your inclusion journey
2. Why you don't need a big budget to make a difference
3. How to stay focused and avoid distractions on your inclusion journey

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. You're doing better than you think you are.
   
   • "You're the one trying to build a culture that often fights back."
2. You don't need a big budget.
   
   • "They're too busy doing what looks boring in photos and videos."
3. You're not alone
   
   • "I'm on a mission to help a million people like you to make your workplace inclusive."

How Automating Feedback Kills Inclusion

Everyone's talking a lot about Artificial Intelligence at work.
The promise is things will get better but I've spoken to a leader who said then when it comes to trust. It makes things worse. For inclusion.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. How Automating Feedback Kills Inclusion

2. The Feedback Fallacy and Why It's a Problem

3. Social Exchange Theory and Its Role in Building Inclusive Workplaces

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. Automating feedback destroys trust.

   • "Last week I spoke to an HR leader in an education business who said: 'AI shouldn't be taking the feedback responsibility away from managers. Managers need to learn how to write good feedback.'"

2. Feedback is a social exchange, not a software task.

   • "If someone gives you feedback, if you are open to feedback from that person. It's likely that you trust that person. It's likely that they earned that trust."

3. Trust is the foundation of inclusion.

   • "The first thing is to earn trust. This means you must... but it also means creating an environment where people can trust each other. We find this takes place via social exchanges."

Check out these resources (if applicable):

3 Frameworks I Use To Build Inclusive Workplaces

To create an inclusive workplace you may need to stop from time to time.
Maybe it's time for you to take a break.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. Why you may need to take a break from inclusion
2. Why charismatic voices with narrow experience can be harmful
3. How taking a break can improve your motivation and clarity

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

Take a break if you need it.

"If you need to take a short break to realise that, then by all means do it."

A break is not quitting.

"I wasn't quitting. I wasn't burned out. What I did switch off was paying attention to all the noise that you find on social media."

You've got more control than you think?

"The basics of high impact inclusion work are within your control."

Inclusion work is often unsustainable for 1 simple reason.
It never makes it into the portfolio of projects that matter to the business.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. [The Portfolio Problem of Diversity and Inclusion]

2. [How inclusion can contribute to performance, accountability, and sustainability]

3. [Three practical ways to build a business case for inclusion]

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. If it's not in the portfolio, it's not protected.

   • "They don't get tracked. They don't get funded. And they don't survive."

2. Clear business cases travel further than clever ones.

   • "You're not trying to sound impressive. You're trying to make sense."

3. Inclusion isn't a favour — it's a function.

   • "Does it help us deliver results?"

Diversity and Inclusion faces a chicken and egg problem.

Leaders want evidence before they act.

But the evidence only appears after they act.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. The Chicken and Egg Problem of Diversity and Inclusion

2. Why Organisational Evidence Matters More Than External Reports

3. How to Use the Feasibility Filter to Build Internal Credibility

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. The only way to create proof is to act first.

   • "They want evidence that inclusion works without doing the work that creates the evidence."

2. Building your evidence is better than borrowing rand evidence.

   • "If you want credibility, you don't have to borrow it from people you don't trust."

3. The chicken and egg problem isn't solved by reports. It's solved by results.

   • "Most of that research is correlation, not causation."

Check out these resources (if applicable):

Everything You Need To Know About The Famous McKinsey Report 'Why Diversity Matters' [Report Breakdown]

Inclusion isn't failing because people don't care.
It's failing because people aren't incentivised to act inclusive.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. The Incentive Problem of Diversity and Inclusion
2. Why Inclusion Efforts Stall Despite Good Intentions
3. How to Design Incentives That Actually Reward Inclusion

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. People follow the incentives.
   
   • "People aren't skipping inclusion because they don't care. They're responding to the incentives in front of them."
2. The real inclusion gap is about accountability.
   
   • "If time spent on inclusion feels invisible, people will always choose something else."
3. Don't ask for inclusion unless you're willing to incentivise it
   
   • "Reward people who act inclusively"

Check out these resources :

3 Reasons You Should Conduct Social Experiments in Your Employee Resource Groups to Promote Diversity