Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

By the end

What you'll build

• Explain the difference between diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging using examples from your own work
• Identify points in everyday work where exclusion occurs and choose a practical alternative
• Run meetings and write updates so that more colleagues can participate
• Apply consistent, evidence-based criteria to hiring, feedback and opportunity decisions
• Respond as an active bystander and describe the internal reporting routes available

Curriculum

What's inside

7 modules · 41 lessons

1. 01

   The words and what they mean

   6 lessons
   • Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging: four different jobs
   • Equality of treatment and equity of outcome
   • Representation without inclusion, and why it fails
   • Why intent and impact can differ
   • Common objections, taken seriously rather than dismissed
   • + 1 more lesson
2. 02

   How exclusion happens without intent

   6 lessons
   • Tracing a small exclusion back to the decision that caused it
   • Bias in judgement under time pressure
   • Meeting dynamics and who gets airtime
   • Informal networks and who gets asked
   • Language, humour and the cost of a joke that lands badly
   • + 1 more lesson
3. 03

   Inclusive everyday practice

   6 lessons
   • Running a meeting where everyone can actually contribute
   • Writing and speaking so more people can follow
   • Accessibility as a default rather than an accommodation
   • Names and pronouns, and recovering gracefully when you get it wrong
   • Inclusion across remote, hybrid and multilingual teams
   • + 1 more lesson
4. 04

   Fair decisions about people

   6 lessons
   • Making a hiring or promotion decision you can defend on evidence
   • Structured interviews and consistent criteria
   • Feedback that is specific rather than personal
   • Allocating stretch work and visible opportunities fairly
   • Reviewing your own decisions for pattern over time
   • + 1 more lesson
5. 05

   Harassment, discrimination and speaking up

   6 lessons
   • What to do when you witness or experience unfair treatment
   • Discrimination and harassment described in general terms
   • Active bystander options that carry a low personal cost
   • Supporting a colleague who discloses something to you
   • Reporting routes and protection from retaliation
   • + 1 more lesson
6. 06

   Making it stick

   6 lessons
   • Setting a team commitment that survives a busy quarter
   • Measuring inclusion without reducing people to numbers
   • Employee networks, allies and sponsorship
   • Handling pushback constructively
   • Reviewing progress honestly, including where it stalled
   • + 1 more lesson
7. 07

   Practice and check

   5 lessons
   • Match the term to the job it actually doesmatch pairs
   • Make a promotion decision you can defendsequence order
   • Fill the gap: fair decisions and inclusive practicefill blank
   • The quiet contributorscenario
   • Course quizquiz

The shape of it

How this course works