Keynote speaker

Founder, Catherine Garrod makes inclusion feel doable. She shares pragmatic advice and guidance to help organisations stay relevant in an ever changing world. Rather than top-down change initiatives involving huge teams, Catherine advocates for embedding conscious inclusion into decision making that impacts other people.

“Unless you’re consciously including people, you’re almost certainly unconsciously excluding people”

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  • The fear of getting it wrong

  • Microaggressions and speaking up

  • How to be an inclusive leader

  • How to communicate inclusively

  • How to address overrepresentation

  • How to operate inclusively

Catherine creates a safe space to learn and ask questions, and provides five simple habits for everyday inclusion.

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Empowering & practical

As well as providing the all-important how, Catherine brings inclusion to life, in a way that resonates with everyday work and decisions.

She believes when employees can be themselves and influence how things are done, their lives are better, they're more creative and they're better problem solvers.

And when consumers are authentically represented in advertising, broadcast, print and social we feel good about ourselves and each other. The benefits are endless.

Catherine is the author of Conscious Inclusion: How to ‘do’ EDI one decision at a time, and it makes a great gift to elevate your event.

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Keynote testimonials

  • "Catherine is a truly engaging presenter and positioned her advice and knowledge perfectly to the audience. Catherine has been a brilliant support to Bupa UK Insurance and we look forward to continuing to work together."

    Mark Allan | General Manager - Bupa

  • "We hosted a company-wide session with Catherine Garrod. Her book ‘Conscious Inclusion: How to ‘do’ EDI one decision at a time’ is highly recommended and, after listening to Catherine speak, I can understand why. As she put it herself: “Unless you’re consciously including people, you’re almost certainly unconsciously excluding people”, which is a powerful reminder."

    Josh Bayliss | CEO - Virgin

  • "Your session did exactly what we hoped (and knew!) it would in terms of opening the conversation about the responsibility of leaders to build and sustain an inclusive culture. You have such a wonderful mix of guidelines and theory delivered in a pragmatic style with tons of practical ways to get going on something right now which helps leaders to feel able to be part of the conversation instead of leaning away from it. "

    Jessica Stack | Director - Wavelength Connect

  • "Catherine is an outstanding speaker. I still feel inspired when I recall her talk to the whole of Sky Sports. She knew her subject inside out, made it extremely relevant and left us feeling empowered. She has unique qualities which have an immediate and lasting impact on her audience. "

    Georgina Thornton | VP, Head of Tennis - IMG Media

  • "As we continue our journey on D&I, it was a joy to welcome Catherine to speak to members of our diverse team across the globe. She provided wisdom and actionable tips that will support our commitment for everyone to ‘Flourish at Flamingo’! "

    Rachel Robson | Group Head of Reward & Inclusion - Flamingo Horticulture

  • "Catherine made a great impression on our leadership team. She was a true professional and kept the audience engaged in a thought provoking and easy to follow session. It’s clear that she is an expert and took the time to listen to our needs to make the session a huge success."

    Carla Stockton-Jones | Managing Director - Stagecoach

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