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This book is a manual to support and provide essential guidance to the architectural profession on key issues of EDI. Clearly written and accessible, with key points at the end of each chapter, it is essential reading for those in the profession seeking to implement EDI practices in their work and workplace.
List of contents
Introduction
BEHAVIOURS 1. How to Create a Culture of Inclusion 2. STREAM your EDI: The Principles of Support, Time, Resource, Effort, Agency & Money 3. Holding yourself Accountable & Taking Responsibility
ATTRACT & RETAIN 4. Inclusion in the Workforce Lifecycle
CREATE 5. Inclusive Design, Development & Delivery 6. Inclusive Procurement & Supplier Diversity
ENGAGE 7. Inclusion in Community Engagement & External Stakeholder Management Conclusion
About the author
Marsha Ramroop is a global award-winning inclusion culture strategist, working across sectors but with a mission to drive change in the built environment and engineering professions, believing these two pillars create our societies, and that if she can influence those sectors to be inclusive, she can influence a more inclusive world. She does this through her business, Unheard Voice Consultancy Ltd. She has also been working as Executive Director of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at Building People CIC, a network of networks for equity, diversity and inclusion in construction and the built environment. Marsha was the inaugural Director of Inclusion and Diversity at the Royal Institute of British Architects, before which she had a 30-year career in broadcasting and journalism, including 20 years at the BBC.
She's a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Institute of Diversity and Equality Professionals and has been appointed to the International Advisory Council of the Institute of Business Ethics.
Marsha lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two daughters. To find out more about her work visit: www.unheardvoice.co.uk
Summary
This book is a manual to support and provide essential guidance to the architectural profession on key issues of EDI. Clearly written and accessible, with key points at the end of each chapter, it is essential reading for those in the profession seeking to implement EDI practices in their work and workplace.
