The Element Of Inclusion

Hosted by Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey Diversity & Inclusion I Broadcaster I Speaker I

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Oct 2026

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Hosted by Dr. Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey Every week we inform and educate using applied research and thought leadership Get your pen and paper ready because this is one of the world's most valuable resources to help you on your Inclusion journey We provide book reviews, research breakdowns, explainers, opinion pieces, interviews and much more We're on a mission to help a million people like you to make your workplace more inclusive

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November 3, 20269 min

3 Things I Tell Leaders Worried About AI

If your only response to AI is a smaller headcount, you haven't done more with less. Here I break down the three things I tell leaders about AI at work. In this episode we cover: How one economic test reframes AI decisions Why AI rewrites what counts as rare When "everyone can" becomes your responsibility Resources referenced in this episode: So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

October 27, 202610 min

What If AI Is the Most Inclusive Technology We Have Ever Had?

If your organisation sees AI as a threat to inclusion, the real opportunity gets missed. Here I examine why AI helps the people who need it most. In this episode we cover: How AI creates absolute social mobility Why privilege loses its hiding places Why more with the same beats cutting people If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

October 20, 202616 min

Why the DEI Field is not a Profession

DEI was never a profession, it had no structural defence when the pressure came. Here I examine what went wrong. In this episode we cover: Why inclusion failed every test of professionalisation How occupational groups collapse under political pressure How to professionalise your own inclusion practice If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

October 13, 20269 min

The Economic Principle That Makes Everyone Support Inclusion

If your inclusion work feels zero-sum to leadership, resistance is rational. Here I explain the economic test that eliminates it. In this episode we cover: How zero-sum thinking makes resistance rational Why Pareto improvements eliminate the inclusion objection How to test your interventions against the frontier If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

October 6, 20266 min

Why Should You Care About Inclusion In The Age of AI

Why should you care about inclusion? Here I explain how I approach this topic in the age of AI. In this episode we cover: Why people are tired of inclusion How we think about these issues Why you should make your own mind up If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

September 29, 20266 min

Why AI Is Breaking the Matthew Effect

If your professional advantage depends on skills AI can replicate, the compounding has stopped. Here I explain how AI broke the Matthew Effect. In this episode we cover: How scarcity drives the Matthew Effect Why repeatable expertise stopped compounding How to audit which skills still compound If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

September 22, 202611 min

How AI is Forcing Us Into Protean Careers

If you're worried about being replaced by AI. I think it's still possible to have a fulfilling career. Here I trace the career equation I've followed for 15 years. In this episode we cover: Why AI accelerates the rare skills principle How to spot skills losing their rarity How a 15-year career equation still works If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

September 15, 202614 min

5 Principles From 6,000 Days of Studying Inclusion

If you need research backed principles to make inclusion work, here I share 5 from my PhD tested in over a decade of client work. In this episode we cover: How group identity decides who gets ahead Why trust can't live in a policy document Why your colleagues edit themselves before they speak If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

September 8, 20269 min

Why Leaders Don't Accept Your Evidence

If leaders reject your evidence, they have a competing interpretation and your case has only done half the work. Here I unpack how to complete it. In this episode we cover: Why data and evidence are not the same How competing interpretations block action How to use 4 sources in both directions If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/

September 1, 202615 min

Why Workplace Bully Culture is Bad For Business

If you can't define bullying, you can't cost it. Here I break down the research definition, the causes and what it costs your business. In this episode we cover: The 3 elements of workplace bullying How working conditions predict bullying at work Why the cost of bullying is understated in your business If you want to go further When we work with clients we gather evidence to serve one purpose: to support or undermine a claim, an assumption or a hypothesis. It stops you building work around unexamined issues and keeps you grounded in evidence your colleagues trust. Here's our method on one page. Get it here: https://cheatsheet.elementofinclusion.com/