Lord Deben: Inclusive culture not an optional 'add-on'

Lord Deben's comments came at a recent industry roundtable. "An inclusive culture isn't just an optional ‘add-on', it is an essential business imperative and a critical building block for our industry's talent, growth, and long-term success," the former secretary of state for the environment said. Lord Deben pointed to effective organisations as drawing on a "wide range of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds to meet the complex challenges of today's world" and not looking at inclusion as a "tick-box" exercise. "Inclusivity doesn't mean asking less of some people, or treating...