Theme
Inclusive Recruitment & Talent
Hiring, progression and talent — building processes that widen the door instead of guarding it.
22 episodes on this theme
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How Acts of Inclusion Tear Down Barriers and Build Belonging
with Celeste Warren
In this episode of The Inclusion Bites Podcast, Joanne Lockwood speaks with Celeste Warren about equity by design and what it takes to build truly inclusive workplaces. Celeste shares formative family stories, including her father’s…
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Shattering Stereotypes Immigrant Experiences
with Solveiga Jaskunas
Joanne Lockwood is joined by HR consultant and keynote speaker Solveiga Jaskunas to explore what “belonging beyond borders” looks like when you build a life and career in a new country. Solveiga shares her journey from Lithuania to the…
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Age, Bias, and Belonging: Challenging Stereotypes in Today’s Recruitment Industry
with Jo Major
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Jo Major to explore how inclusion in the workplace is shaped long before someone starts a job—at the point of recruitment. They examine why DEI can become performative in hiring, and what it takes for…
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Rejection to Empowerment: Building Trust and Inclusion in Modern Recruitment
with C. Guz
Joanne Lockwood is joined by entrepreneur and job seeker C. Guz to unpack what happens when recruitment becomes a system designed to reject rather than to select. Drawing on C’s experience of receiving over 13,000 rejections and navigating…
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Navigating Inclusivity in the Digital Age
with Luke Morrisen
Joanne Lockwood is joined by technology and digital recruitment specialist Luke Morrisen to explore what inclusivity can look like in today’s digital working world, grounded in Luke’s personal journey and his experience placing people into…
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Breaking Barriers: Female Advancement in Male-Dominated Spheres
with Mark Bateman
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Mark Bateman, CEO of WeQual and author of Disruptive Leadership, to explore how meaningful workplace change is led from the top. They discuss what leadership looks like in practice, how leaders shape culture,…
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Breaking Down Barriers: From Stigma to Empowerment in the Workplace
with Alexandra Parritt
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Alexandra Parritt to explore how stigma around mental health and neurodiversity shows up at work, and what it takes to shift from merely coping to finding strength. Alexandra shares how masking and stereotypes…
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Ordinary Bloke on an Extraordinary Quest for Inclusion
with Stephen Whitton
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Stephen Whitton to explore why inclusion work in male-dominated industries can be so hard to shift, and what it takes to change a deep-rooted culture from the inside. Stephen reflects on his decades in the…
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Beyond Labels: Dismantling Judgements
with Vanessa Raath
Joanne Lockwood is joined by talent sourcing trainer Vanessa Raath to unpack how quickly we label other people, and the consequences those snap judgements can have in workplaces and beyond. Starting with recruitment and “culture fit,”…
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Building Inclusive Excellence in Engineering
with Claire Angliss
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Claire Angliss, Head of Learning for Thales UK and an inclusive coach, to explore what “inclusive excellence” looks like inside an engineering organisation. They unpack the real-world tension behind “bring…
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Inclusive Talent Attraction: Redefining Recruitment Marketing Strategies
with Sara Dalsfelt
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Sara Dalsfelt, Chief Marketing Officer at Adway, to unpack why traditional CV-led recruitment can be a poor proxy for readiness, transferable skills, and future potential. Sara argues that over-reliance on…
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Advancing Diversity in the Workplace: Challenging Meritocracy
with Belinda Riley
Joanne Lockwood is joined by diversity and inclusion consultant and clinical hypnotherapist Belinda Riley for a wide-ranging conversation about what it takes to go “beyond the barriers” that limit people at work. They explore impostor…
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The Harmful Stereotype of the Autistic Savant
with Sophie Power
Joanne Lockwood is joined by talent lead and podcast host Sophie Power to explore what it feels like to discover, in adulthood, that you have been “running on a different operating system” all along. Sophie shares her experience of being…
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Unhiding at Work
with Kat Kibben
Kat Kibben joins Joanne Lockwood to explore what it means to hide and “unhide” at work, and the personal cost of living with two versions of yourself. Kat reflects on growing up in a military family, navigating conservative workplaces, and…
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Scavenger Mindset
with Clare Richmond
Claire Richmond introduces the “scavenger mindset” as a way for leaders to uncover untapped talent and capability already present in their teams and organisations. Drawing on her experience building a grassroots regeneration initiative…
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Creating balance and representation in technology
with Nicole Hardiman
Nicole Hardiman, a software and data engineer, reflects on two decades in tech and the persistent lack of gender balance she’s experienced—often being the only woman in the team, and at times the only woman in the building. She and Joanne…
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Escaping the echo chamber of D&I lingo
with Greg McCaw
Joanne Lockwood speaks with Greg McCaw about how DEI work can get stuck in an echo chamber of familiar phrases that sound positive but aren’t always explained in a way that helps non-specialists take action. They explore common terms such…
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Driving the message that inclusion is a cold-nosed business priority
with Neil Carberry
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Neil Carberry to explore why inclusion should be treated as a hard-edged business priority rather than a “nice to have” HR initiative. They discuss how business performance, productivity, and reputation link…
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Will Diversity and Inclusion "Just Happen"?
with William Buist
Joanne Lockwood is joined by business strategist William Buist to explore whether diversity and inclusion will naturally improve over time, or whether it requires deliberate action. They discuss how legislation can create the illusion that…
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Creating a level playing field in attitude and action
with Sarah Burrell
Joanne Lockwood is joined by trainer and inclusion consultant Sarah Burrell to explore what it really takes to create a level playing field in both attitude and action. They discuss why inequality is systemic and historical, and how the…
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Swimming upstream against the flow!
with Lewis Bell-Cawthra
Lewis Bell-Cawthra reflects on what it has meant to “swim upstream” as a gay man moving from an accepting environment into a corporate recruitment culture where he experienced exclusion, stereotyping and homophobic abuse. He and Joanne…
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It's the Brain Stupid
with Dr Lynda Shaw
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Dr Lynda Shaw, a cognitive neuroscientist specialising in unconscious emotional processing and behavioural change, to explore how the brain forms shortcuts and why those shortcuts can become bias. They discuss…
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