
Is Everyone in the Room?
Diversify
Is Everyone in the Room? is a dynamic podcast by Diversify that brings together leading experts and changemakers from across the globe to engage in cross-sectoral dialogue on building inclusive, equitable, and responsible workplaces and societies.
Each month, we host live sessions on Zoom with up to 200 participants, alongside a LinkedIn livestream that reaches an even wider audience. These conversations spark critical discussions, challenge conventional thinking, and inspire action. Over time, the audio versions are released as podcasts, where thousands worldwide continue to watch, listen, and engage.
This podcast series is part of Diversify’s commitment to creating platforms and resources that drive meaningful socio-economic, cultural, and workplace transformation.
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Learn more at diversify.no
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Episode 7 - Transformational & Authentic Leadership
Is Everyone in the Room?
01/05/23 • 113 min
In this episode, we discuss Transformational and Authentic Leadership. This podcast is produced in collaboration with HerSpace. We hope you enjoy it!
In this episode, we discuss transformational and authentic leadership. The aim of transformational leaders is to help their followers become leaders themselves and authentic leadership would encourage followers to be authentic. The growth of any organization is very much dependent on authentic transformational leaders.
These three panelists—Chisom Udeze, Adebayo Onafuwan, and Kewin Reeder—are joined by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen to discuss the importance of authentic and transformational leadership at work.

Episode 6 - Allyship, Privilege and Power
Is Everyone in the Room?
07/06/22 • 117 min
In this episode, we will address topics that are timely, honest, necessary and thought provoking - Allyship, Privilege and Power.
If you have listened to any of our previous episodes in this podcast series or attended any of our panel discussions, you will know that we do not shy away from difficult questions and conversations. This session will be no different.
In the current day and time where being a diversity and inclusion expert or ally is fashionable, who gets to take space? Who is invited to the room? Who gets to use their voice and privilege and who gets to wield their power?
Our panelists for this session are Chisom Udeze, Astrid Sundberg, and Fungisai Gwanzura-Ottemoller and the conversation is moderated by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen. This podcast is produced in collaboration with HerSpace.

Episode 5 - Crosscultural Communication
Is Everyone in the Room?
06/27/22 • 113 min
Promoting diversity and inclusion in a workplace cannot be done fully without understanding and applying the tools of cross-cultural communication. In the fifth episode of Is Everybody In The Room?, we explore the topic of Cross Cultural Communication. Your team-mates from different cultures or diverse backgrounds might have different verbal and non-verbal ways of communicating. Active listening, understanding non-verbal communication, and doing the work to learn about the ways people from different cultures communicate and their lived experiences forms the basis for discussion between our three panelists Chisom Udeze, Kevin Reeder, and William Kweku Paintsil, moderated by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen. They also dig deeper into the challenges of cross-cultural communication and provide you with the skills to ensure that miscommunication no longer goes unaddressed.
The podcast is produced in collaboration with HerSpace.

Episode 4 - Gender Equality and Equity
Is Everyone in the Room?
06/21/22 • 117 min
In our next episode, we discuss how gender is incorporated into diversity metrics. It is important to acknowledge that gender diversity is more than just men and women. There is much work to be done around the world to include the LGBTQIA+ community, minority groups and people of colour.
In this podcast, we will look at both equality and equity. We will look at how a history of gender discrimination requires attention and a conscious allocation of resources so that our gender diverse community is truly included within our workplaces. This podcast is produced in collaboration with HerSpace .
The discussion was moderated by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen and our panelists were Chisome Udeze, Jacob Thomas, and Astrid Sundberg.

Episode 3 - Deconstructing Unconcious Bias
Is Everyone in the Room?
06/14/22 • 115 min
The topic of this episode is Deconstructing Unconscious Bias.
We all have unconscious biases in one way or another, but the more we are aware of them, the better we can mitigate them. Unconscious biases can influence hiring practices, promotions, and treatment within the workplace. To facilitate a diverse and inclusive workplace, unconscious biases must be acknowledged, challenged, and deconstructed. Through this process, we can make more informed decisions in the workplace.
The episode is moderated by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen, who is joined by panelists ChisomUdeze, Roy Arne Hanssen, Erik Falk Hansen. This episode is co-produced by HerSpace.

Episode 8 - Antiracism & intersectionality
Is Everyone in the Room?
06/07/22 • 111 min
In the episode, we are discussing anti-racism and intersectionality. This podcast episode initiative is powered by HerSpace.
In this episode, we discuss anti-racism and intersectionality. Identifying and confronting racism by altering systems, organizational structures, policies, and attitudes in order to allocate power more fairly, is the goal of anti-racism. Since our identities are interconnected, intersectionality encourages us to think about how different components of our identity interact with one another and require equitable action.
These three panelists— Chisom Udeze, Sarah Przedpelska, and Sergio Prin-Sand —are joined by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen to discuss anti-racism and intersectionality at the workspace.

Episode 2 - Equality vs. Equity
Is Everyone in the Room?
06/07/22 • 115 min
In this episode we will be deep diving into the concept of equality and equity. This podcast is produced in collaboration with HerSpace. We hope you enjoy it!
Most of us use them interchangeably, but they are far apart. Equality ensures that everyone has the same resources, whereas equity mandates that resources are distributed based on the needs of the recipients. This enriching podcast is moderated by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen with three panelists Chisome Udeze, Ezekiel Ward, Astrid Sundberg to manifestant Equality and Equity in the workplace and its impact on gender, minority groups, and company policies and processes.

Episode 1 - Talk Less, Do more
Is Everyone in the Room?
01/06/22 • 117 min
Since 2020, Diversify has been broadening its contribution in terms of Diversity and inclusion, by holding monthly panel discussions on Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace in collaboration with HerSpace. These sessions take on various aspects of Diversity and inclusion relating to the workplace and our society at large. Now these discussions are available on a very informative podcast series.
The first episode of the series explores the terms diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and further the importance of implementing actionable structures as important steps to contributing to the success and strength of an organization.
This is the first episode in a podcast series by Diversify to center Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace initiative is powered by HerSpace .
Moderator: Hyacinth Walters
Panelists: Chisome Udeze, Alison Uttley, Faya Mayrhoo
We are happy to partner with Business for Peace to address this important and timely topic.

Episode 20 - How Inclusive are your Workplace DEIB Initiatives?
Is Everyone in the Room?
12/06/24 • 116 min
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is imperative for a sustainable, competitive and innovative company and society at large. Diversity also goes beyond the outward perception of a company – it includes how the internal structures work and signal the value systems of an organization’s management or leadership team.
This series is designed by Diversify to center Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.
In this episode, our speakers, Chisom Udeze (three times Founder, Economist and DEI Strategist), Dr. Poornima Luthra (Author, Educator and DEI Expert), and Astrid Sundberg (Director DEI at Oda), will explore how inclusive are workplace DEIB initiatives, learnings from the past and the common mistakes to avoid in the future.

Episode 22 - Intersectionality & Privilege
Is Everyone in the Room?
01/21/25 • 94 min
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is imperative for a sustainable, competitive and innovative company and society at large. Diversity also goes beyond the outward perception of a company – it includes how the internal structures work and signal the value systems of an organization’s management or leadership team. This series is designed by Diversify to centre Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.
Intersectionality is a term coined by Professor Kimberley Crenshaw. It is an analytical framework for understanding how a person’s social or political identity such as ethnicity, race, social class, gender identity, sexual orientation, and other facets of social stratification combine to create different modes of privilege and discrimination.
Speakers: Chisom Udeze (she/her) and Miguel A. Leyva S. (He/him)
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FAQ
How many episodes does Is Everyone in the Room? have?
Is Everyone in the Room? currently has 25 episodes available.
What topics does Is Everyone in the Room? cover?
The podcast is about Lgbt, Management, Society, Equity, Inclusion, Dei, Podcasts, Gender, Business and Diversity.
What is the most popular episode on Is Everyone in the Room??
The episode title 'Episode 15 - Neurodiversity' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Is Everyone in the Room??
The average episode length on Is Everyone in the Room? is 109 minutes.
How often are episodes of Is Everyone in the Room? released?
Episodes of Is Everyone in the Room? are typically released every 28 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Is Everyone in the Room??
The first episode of Is Everyone in the Room? was released on Jan 6, 2022.
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