Events

In its first year, TII ran 25 events and workshops. These included executive training sessions, Open Door, Open City webinars and business seminars. In this year, TII has provided executive training to more than 500 business leaders. TII events have now reached more than 28,000 viewers. To stay in the loop of what is going on subscribe to our newsletter.

All available recordings are included under our past events listings.

The Productivity Puzzle: can diversity and inclusion unlock the key to growth?

Public Lecture Program Event, 27 February 2023 at 1pm

Weak productivity in Britain is an acute problem. Explanations have included insufficient necessary skills, an overinvestment in unnecessary skills at the university level, capital shallowing and too little creative destruction. In this webinar we explore a different explanation.

We ask whether a failure to recruit and operationalise diverse talent is an underlying root cause of slow growth. Join Grace Lordan where she will be discussing with a panel of experts the theory and evidence behind the diversity and productivity link.

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Open Door Open City is a webinar series from The Inclusion Initiative at the LSE hosted by Karina Robinson. In each webinar, Karina typically interviews a single guest - often leaders of business in London—on the benefits of bringing behavioural science and data science together to create more inclusive cultures at the organisation level.

Upcoming events in this series

Catch up on the series so far here.

Civil Rights in the Changing World

Public Lecture Program Event on 10 November 2022

Catch up on this event where the speakers discussed the change in human rights policies overtime and the impact of these changes on the workforce. This is a time where the rights of all protected groups are being eroded – to note just two examples, the overturning of Roe vs Wade and the cancellation of the UK’s Safe to be Me landmark LGBT+ summit after an uproar over changes to the planned conversion therapy ban. What can civil society do to fight back against what appears to be an inexorable tide?

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Exhibition on educating future leaders
October 24th 2022, LSE Marshall Building

This exhibition explores how innovative practices in partnership with students, policy makers, and business leaders can prepare students to become the leaders we need to face today’s global challenges. It is an opportunity to enjoy our exhibition highlighting how an LSE education creates the leaders of tomorrow. The work of The Inclusion Initiative is displayed.

This Exhibition is still available for viewing

Karina Robinson in conversation with Lord Mayor, Alderman Vincent Keaveny

Open Door, Open city session on October 14 2022

Vincent Keaveny is the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City of London. He is currently a member of the Policy & Resources Committee and the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Sub-Committee. He is also a Governor of the City of London School. Vincent is Co-Chair of the HMT & BEIS Socio-Economic Diversity Taskforce.

During his discussion with Karina Robinson he discussed his work on the Socio-Economic Diversity Taskforce, the challenges of dealing with the cost of living crisis and the importance of equality, diversity and inclusivity in the city of London.

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International Women’s Forum UK (IWF UK) Autumn Reception hosted by The Inclusion Initiative (TII)

LSE’s Alumni Theatre on October 6 2021

Over 80 members and guests of IWF UK attended a conversation hosted by Dr Grace Lordan and Marty Rolle (Chair, IWF UK) at the LSE’s Alumni Theatre. The panellists, Tosin Akinluyi (Managing Director, Morgan Stanley), Dame Inga Beale (Chair, Medicline International), Belton Flournoy (Director, Proviti) and Johannes P Huth (Partner, KKR), discussed key concepts and issues faced by leaders who aim to create more inclusive and productive organisations.

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The Power of Regret

Public Lecture Program Event on September 15 2022

Usually people avoid dwelling on their regrets. In his latest book, which he discussed during this event, Dan Pink points to regrets as a beacon of our individuality that can be leveraged for better decision making and to understand our core values. Join Grace Lordan where she spoke to Dan Pink to understand more about the true value in understanding regret and using it to our advantage.

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