Inclusion: Are we getting it right?
8 Minute Lightning Talk
Inclusion is an imperative discussion in the context of designing desirable futures. Diversity, as we know, is a crucial element in achieving inclusive outcomes.
Hence the question: how are we looking at diversity? As gender, race, class or identity? Or as a broader topic about cognition – diversity of thoughts and perspectives based on personality, experiences, ideologies, and independent thinking styles?
This talk will explore how we can better understand diversity and inclusion from the lens of collective intelligence.
About The Speaker
Vanitha Shankar is an independent design strategist specialising in problem space research. Through her work, she helps organisations realise their goals through a purpose-driven and inclusive approach.
She comes from a rich multi-disciplinary professional background with close to 20 years of experience in various organisations in the U.S, Singapore, and India. She has adopted design thinking approaches that has resulted in many tangible outcomes – notably the creation of community confluences anchored on experiences.
She believes in the power of collaboration and deeply recognises the need for individuality and people centricity to achieve desirable futures enabled by technology.