The diversity and inclusion community is an opportunity for anyone at Made Tech to join the conversation on how we progress and promote diversity and inclusion across the business.
In particular it was set up to:
- Be open to anyone
- Meet on a regular basis
- Discuss ideas and issues
- Contribute to and review the strategy and plans of the diversity and inclusion service team
- Hold the diversity and inclusion service team to account for delivering on their plan
- Review content changes before they are opened for wider review in the Handbook
- Escalate issues
The community meets on a fortnightly basis via Google Meet. It is facilitated by a representative from the diversity and inclusion service team or another nominated individual. The format uses the Lean Coffee approach where topics can be suggested, prioritised by voting and then discussed in order. The invite is open on Google Calendar so you may add yourself to be reminded, ask on Slack for more information.
From time-to-time the diversity and inclusion service team may change the format as it sees fit to deliver on its goals and objectives.
Minutes are added to the inclusion repository for all meetings from the community up to 27/10/2021. More recent minutes are available in this Google Doc
The community also hangs out on Slack. You may also consider joining one or more open or closed community groups.
Anyone can join the community meet up and Slack channel. It is attended by all available members of the diversity and inclusion service team and anyone else who wants to join in or just watch. It’s totally fine to join for part of the meet up and to keep your camera off if you prefer.
Issues can be raised using the Lean Coffee format ahead of and during community meetings. This can be useful for organisational-wide issues but if the issue is about someone’s personal experience it may be best to talk to a member of the diversity and inclusion service team first.
Anyone can contact the service team about an issue, or you could choose to raise it through a member of the diversity and inclusion community, or your diversity community group. Details on who to raise issues to are documented in the #supply-diversity-and-inclusion Slack channel.
We have documented general guidance on raising an issue elsewhere in the Handbook, or you can get in touch with the People team if you’re not sure who the best person is to speak to.