Bridging the Gap - Suzy Levy on Creating Truly Inclusive Workplaces
About this episode
This episode is one I’ve been itching to share with you.
I sat down with Suzy Levy, and we got straight into what it takes to build inclusive workplaces.
Not box-ticking. Not surface-level diversity.
Real inclusion that changes how people feel when they show up to work.
Suzy’s got the kind of clarity and experience that makes you sit up straighter and think, “Right. That’s what we’ve been missing.”
She’s also the author of Mind the Inclusion Gap, which, if you haven’t read, might just become your next highlight-all-the-pages kind of book.
Highlights:
(06:14) Inclusion is not about being nice
(11:12) You’re not helping if you’re just doubling down on being nice
(35:28) We all sit somewhere on the IST spectrum
(47:14) You can’t event your way into equity
(48:33) Inclusion is a skillset - not a personality trait
Find out more about Suzy:
Suzy Levy is a specialist in social change. She works with senior leaders across the public, private and third sectors to solve some of the most pressing social issues of our time.
Suzy has three decades of experience leading change - everything from major technology upgrades to new product launches and organisational mergers. She brings a wealth of expertise, along with a combination of positivity and pragmatism, and is widely recognised for her strategic approach to inclusion and diversity.
In addition to her client work as Managing Director at The Red Plate, Suzy holds a variety of board-level roles. She was a non-Executive Director in the UK government for 7 years (both at the Home Office and the Department for Education). Suzy currently sits on the Advisory Board at creative agency Improper, is the Chair of the Women's Sport Trust, and Chair of the Wimbledon Beach Volleyball Club.
In 2023, Suzy published her first book, Mind the Inclusion Gap. It summarises decades of learning and is designed to help readers move beyond fleeting (and often divisive) interactions to become more confident, capable, and conscious when it comes to inclusion and diversity.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Suzy now lives in London with her partner and two children.
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