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The Real Reason Your DEI Metrics Don’t Matter

The Real Reason Your DEI Metrics Don’t Matter

Update: 2025-07-08
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Most DEI metrics are just a pantomime.They’re not tracking things that matter.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:





Why most DEI efforts fail before any work has begun





Why “quick wins” often become long-term liabilities





How to test your inclusion project before investing in delivery





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Key Takeaways from This Episode:





Outputs don’t prove progress: outcomes do.





“Training is not an outcome.”









Specific problems demand specific solutions.





“You can track how many people turned up to an event. You can count how many policies you updated. You can show how many people completed a training course. And none of it may be relevant.”









Focus on preventions instead of a cure.





“You’d be surprised how often I see strategies full of goals that sound good, but don’t translate into day-to-day actions.”









Check out these resources:















Business Case in a Box – A course that helps you build a business case your CFO can trust

Progress You Can Prove – A course to help you track and show how your organisation is becoming more inclusive (coming soon)

Evidence Based Inclusion System – A course to help you implement a repeatable, systematic process for inclusion (coming soon)
























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The Real Reason Your DEI Metrics Don’t Matter

The Real Reason Your DEI Metrics Don’t Matter

Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey Diversity & Inclusion I Broadcaster I Speaker I Protagonist