Thinking Bigger about DEI: The Executive Playbook on Inclusive Design

November 19, 2024

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST

Virtual

In the face of continued DEI backlash and market uncertainty, it’s time to think bigger about DEI—embedding the practice across your entire organization. But driving inclusivity at every level involves getting creative in your approach to inclusion and its stakeholders, exploring involvement in initiatives such as inclusive design and marketing that not only help create products and experiences that resonate with diverse audiences but also offer new collaborative pathways to innovation, accessibility, and equity.

Join us as we dive into real-world case studies from Mattel and Sonos, where DEI and design leaders have developed cutting-edge partnerships to drive inclusivity across their organizations, products, and brands. Hear directly from their DEI and design leaders about how cross-team collaboration can expand DEI’s and design’s horizons, drive business value, and advance workplace, customer, and community inclusion.

Register now to learn how you can elevate your DEI strategy, thinking bigger about workplace inclusion through inclusive design!

An inclusive design toolkit for DEI executives, including a comprehensive roadmap, top trends, and expert tips.
Real-world examples of collaborative DEI and design partnerships from Mattel and Sonos, including their impact across the organization.
Practical strategies for incorporating inclusive design principles into workplace, organizational, and workforce design.
Proven tactics for engaging leadership, scaling impact, and communicating the value of strategically aligning DEI and design initiatives.
The business benefits of expanding the horizons of your DEI efforts, from inclusive design to cross-functional collaboration.

Hadley Amann

Principal Inclusive Design Strategist

Sonos

Katie Oertli Mooney

Managing Director

Seramount

Katie Oertil Mooney is Managing Director of Diversity Best Practices at Seramount. She is an accomplished DEI leader and thought partner with expertise in driving strategy and growth of diversity and inclusion change management, planning and programs.

Katie Oertli Mooney is a Managing Director at Seramount. She is an accomplished DEI leader and thought partner with expertise in driving strategy and growth of diversity and inclusion change management, planning and programs. Prior to joining Seramount, she was responsible for overseeing the client delivery, staffing, operations and growth as Vice President of Jennifer Brown Consulting. She was accountable for the firm’s successful consulting project delivery to clients from the Fortune 1000, government agencies, startups, to nonprofits.

Prior to that, she managed the DEI enterprise learning and development strategy at Capital One specializing in differential investment programming to support historically underrepresented talent and communities of color. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the GSBA; the largest LGBTQ and allied chamber of commerce in North America and is supporting the organization in 2020, by advancing diversity, equity and inclusion for the Board of Directors, for the benefit of GSBA staff, members, partners and the LGBTQ+ and allied community of Washington State. Katie has a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management with a concentration on Diversity and Inclusion Management from Georgetown University. She is based in Seattle, WA.

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Mason Williams

Global head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Mattel

People, purpose, and product are the most important focus areas in my role as Global Head of DE&I at Mattel. Empowering a diverse workforce within an inclusive culture of belonging creates the greatest opportunity to collaborate, innovate, and execute sustainable growth. This is my core philosophy in my approach to work and personal life.

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Thinking Bigger about DEI: The Executive Playbook on Inclusive Design

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