The Real Reason Your DEI Metrics Don’t Matter

Most DEI metrics are just a pantomime.
They’re not tracking things that matter.
Key Topics Covered in This Episode:
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Why most DEI efforts fail before any work has begun
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Why “quick wins” often become long-term liabilities
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How to test your inclusion project before investing in delivery
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Key Takeaways from This Episode:
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Outputs don’t prove progress: outcomes do.
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"Training is not an outcome."
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Specific problems demand specific solutions.
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"You can track how many people turned up to an event. You can count how many policies you updated. You can show how many people completed a training course. And none of it may be relevant."
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Focus on preventions instead of a cure.
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"You’d be surprised how often I see strategies full of goals that sound good, but don’t translate into day-to-day actions."
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Check out these resources:
- Business Case in a Box – A course that helps you build a business case your CFO can trust
- Progress You Can Prove – A course to help you track and show how your organisation is becoming more inclusive (coming soon)
- Evidence Based Inclusion System – A course to help you implement a repeatable, systematic process for inclusion (coming soon)