Our Chair, Angie Peacock was recently interviewed by Gro Høyer Thielst at the Danish publication Brosen. Børsen is a Danish newspaper specialising in business news published in Denmark.Gordon Ritter, Check out the interview here and let us know your thoughts! ARTICLE SUMMARY Angie talks about one of her favorite topics - creating an inclusive environment [...]
Without an inclusive environment, there can be no guarantee of safety. A bold statement but one that has many layers of truth within it. Creating an inclusive environment - one where everyone with the capability to excel can do so – is something we accept as critical to future organisational success. We can hire better [...]
As many Asian companies seek to globalise and multinational companies seek to localise, the link between inclusion and enhanced business performance is becoming more critical. The need for inclusive workplaces that nurture the best talent – where everyone with the capability to do so can contribute their full potential – is becoming ever more evident. [...]
by: Jeremy Lewis What's behind the boom in courses where managers discuss equal opportunity and their unconscious biases? The seminar has an esoteric air about it. Eight line managers of a bank discuss their unconscious biases. What biases do I have? How do they influence my professional decisions? What role do they play in the [...]
The story of how a girl from the East End of London became a leading international voice on diversity and inclusion PDT's chair Angela Peacock recently spoke to the renowned Danish weekend newspaper Weekendavisen as part of 'Voices of Europe' - a series of 32 articles featuring voices from London, Athens, Paris and Berlin. Here she tells her [...]
The People Development Team is delighted to announce that chairwoman and co-founder, Angela Peacock, has been made “Freeman of the City of London”! One of the oldest surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence today – first presented in 1237 – the Freedom of the City originally gave ‘Freeman’ the right to trade, enabling members of a [...]
Join us at the Safety & Health Expo, held at ExCeL London (21st June), where PDT's Jeremy Lewis will be taking part in the "Women in Health & Safety" event! The session, open to both men and women, will kick-start an afternoon dedicated to celebrating excellence in the profession at the Keynote Theatre in the [...]
Organizational empowerment where everyone matters starts with emotionally intelligent leadership from the top on down. But a London-based consultant who works to help companies build diverse and inclusive cultures reveals that many companies talk the talk but don’t walk the walk on EQ. There is a famous story about a visit by President Kennedy [...]
PDT is delighted to announce that we will be part of this year’s illustrious London Tech Week, talking all things unconscious bias and recruitment – and you can join us for free! Helen Krag, PDT’s Head of Training, will be joining TechXLR’s Diversity & Inclusion stage on June 15th to present an engaging, interactive session on the [...]
WeAreTheCity and the People Development Team present "Understanding Unconscious Bias" - an evening of learning and networking. In this interactive session we will: Help you discover your own biases Get you thinking about why you like some people and not others and how your decisions are affected by your unconscious Consider how important it is for [...]
