ROI: Return on Inclusivity

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Session Overview

Why did GAFAMs promote human diversity and inclusion before a lot of other industries? The answer is: innovation. Today people on the autistic spectrum are hired to write and check critical computer code. Consulting agencies emerge, demonstrating the advantage of neurodiversity. Yet, inclusive thinking is more powerful than diverse thinking, as you’ll discover in this energising session.

The Why: Because A.I. is raising and the only way to protect humans is other humans thinking of them.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • How inclusivity differs from human centricity and why it’s worth considering
  • Why inclusivity is not bringing different people to the room only, but also you
  • How you can concretely apply inclusive thinking tomorrow to generate value

This session is for you if… you want to see the super powers of diversity and inclusion from an new and different angle.

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