Lilian Kikuvi

Research shows businesses that excel in diversity and inclusion outperform their competitors in a number of areas including improvement in staff health and wellbeing, productivity, profitability and performance.

In this session, Lilian shares cross-cultural insights as a Kenyan-Australia, evidence-based research, best practice case studies and storytelling to show her audience how to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace. She takes a unique approach and teaches her audience how to apply an African tribal framework in the workplace in order to boost business performance in areas like profitability, productivity and staff participation. This topic is targeted at businesses that are committed to move beyond lip service and take meaningful action that raises the bar on diversity and inclusivity.

The audience will walk away with:
- A new and fresh perspective on diversity and inclusion that will inspire meaningful action and a boost in business performance.
- Evidence based and cross-cultural strategies that will help unleash the power of diversity and inclusion.

To change the story of the human race in the 21st century, we have to change the stories we tell ourselves. This personal narrative could be influencing our ability to thrive today and into the future. If we want to create a more diverse and inclusive world, we must begin with igniting that transformation within ourselves. Diversity Alchemy is an African inspired session where Lilian shares her personal story of shifting from an excluded mindset into one of inclusive intersectionality. This perspective recognises that every human being will have many intersecting dimensions, for example, race, gender, disability, health, body type, sexuality, culture, religion and values. If we can begin to celebrate the intersectionality of diversity that exists within everyone, we can then be liberated to remove the masks that we wear that hide our true identity.

The audience will walk away with:
- Tools and actionable insights to celebrate their unique diversity and thrive with the knowledge that being who they are is the pathway to a higher potential.
- Insights into their personal layers of intersectionality, enabling a deeper connection to self and an appreciation for differences.

The world is changing, and the boundaries that once divided us, are slowly being replaced by golden threads of unity. New perspectives magnified on the backdrop of digital disruption, artificial intelligence, climate change or global pandemics. Amidst this rapid change, the one economy we can rely on is human capital. Leveraging that capital is all about the celebration of diversity.

In this presentation, Lilian decodes diversity as both an ethical and economical business strategy. She shows her audience how technology can be used to identity in gaps and ignite cultural transformations.

The audience will walk away from this presentation with :
- Insights and tools that will empower them with an 'inclusive' strategic blueprint that factors in both integrity, influence and income. This is where purpose and human potential meets with the profit and performance of an organisation. The organisations that will thrive in the 21st century will be those that harness the power of unlike people and unlike minds.

We are living in a time where leadership has been redefined. A time where organisations are being asked to represent all of humanity. An era where diversity and inclusion are part of the fabric of ethical business. Leaders can no longer ignore a lack of representation in gender, race, or any other blueprint for diverse DNA. This is the way of the future, and it will require leaders to implement and integrate diversity and inclusion strategies. Where do leaders begin on this journey? How do they progress in a meaningful way from where they are? This topic is designed to address these questions.

Leading the Tribe is targeted at leaders who are willing to go on a journey of unlocking the tools that ignite diversity and inclusion, in order to effectively lead their organisational tribe.

The leaders will walk away with:
- A step-by-step process to design a strategic blueprint for diversity and inclusion that will ignite transformation to move the organisation.
- A better understanding of how to leverage the business case for diversity and inclusion as an enabler for innovation and solutions-based thinking.