DEVELOPING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORK SETTING
DIAGNOSE & ASSESS / TRAIN / EVALUATE / PLAN THE WAY FORWARD
The iDI-Nav® method: a valuable ally for achieving a diversified and inclusive work setting.
The iDI-Nav® (Interactive Diversity and Inclusion Navigator®) method assesses and improves the diversity and inclusion level within work settings ―the prevalence of (un)seen D&I barriers in an organizational contex.
The D&I have been identified by research and experts’ reports as a catalyzer in organizational performance. Clearly, aside from the ethical, moral, social and political responsibility to respect and foster in practice diverse and inclusive workplaces, severable considerable benefits are associated with inclusive organizational culture such as attracting and retaining the best available talents, fostering creativity and innovation, promoting employees’ development on an equal and fair basis, and motivating full engagement and high performance; in a nutshell, to excel the organization’s marketability and profitability (McKinsley, 2020; Global Inclusivity Report 2020; World Economic Forum Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 2020).
The iDI-Nav® is a method; it applies social sciences, statistics and informatics producing evidence-based results, reliable, understandable and applicable in daily organizational practice. The iDI-Nav® method is the best, easy to use solution to achieve a diversified and inclusive workplace and applies a four-phase process: 1) diagnose and assess (iDI-Nav® tool), 2) train, 3) evaluation and, last but not least, 4) plan the way forward phase.
Discover the iDI-Nav® tool
The iDI-Nav® (Interactive Diversity and Inclusion Navigator®) tool is a unique, scientific research-based, state-of-the-art, online tool designated to assess the D&I level in organizational work settings with the aim to identify the best, customized D&I development and implementation plan. The iDI-Nav® is an easy-to-use tool; it is a quick, fully anonymized, reliable, cost-effective, efficient and flexible online tool offering an accurate and up to date mapping and measuring of the D&I barriers hindering the excel of the organization’s performance. Its added value lies on producing customized, evidence-based illustrative maps reflecting the organization’s D&I barriers which, in turn, leads to taking effective measures, come up with tangible outcomes and bring about the targeted change. The iDI-Nav® tool, being integral part of the iDI-Nav® method, offers a SMART (simple, measurable, applicable, realistic, time bound) solution to address efficiently the D&I development and implementation plan for the benefit of both the organizations and the workforce.
diagnose & assess
Organizations can achieve an evidence-based snapshot of their D&I barriers level by using the easy, quick, online, anonymous iDI-Nav® tool consisting of the survey questionnaire and the iDI-Nav® state-of-the-art analytics software.
train
Interactive training programs in several formats (live, recorded, AI-based, in person) are offered to address effectively the customized organizational needs towards achieving the D&I objectives in work setting.
evaluate
A second run of the iDI-Nav® tool is delivered with the aim to measure the progress made, assess the achieved outcomes by contrasting the D&I barriers level before and after the adopted training activities and re-caliber, should be needed.
way forward
The iDI-Nav® team of D&I experts works closely with the organization to plan the way forward to further improve and achieve sustainable change at organizational level, offering customized and applicable solutions.
Easy to use, reliable, GDPR compatible for the participants.
The iDI-Nav® tool, consisting of the iDI-Nav® survey questionnaire and the iDI-Nav® state-of-the-art analytics software, is very easy to use and understand, is reliable and compliant to the GDPR. In particular, the iDI-Nav® tool operates is supported by iDI-Nav® unique analytics software which enhances the user’s experience and easy onboarding and intuitive navigation. The participants (whether cohort from a private organization, a public institution, or a broader cohort from the general population of a country region) are granted access to fill in the survey questionnaire, under the protection of a series of full data anonymization methods safeguarding full confidentiality, data protection and privacy in alignment with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, EU, 2016/679).
Quick and accurate.
The iDI-Nav® is a quick and highly accurate tool. The iDI-Nav® survey questionnaire is answered reliably and accurately and quickly with the support of the unique, beyond the state-of-the-art iDI-Nav® analytics software. A customized iDI-Nav® map is produced and delivered along with a short assessment analysis report reflecting the D&I barriers level as identified and measured within the organizational work setting.
Integrated bottom-up, customized solution.
The iDI-Nav® tool comprises of a unique analytics software suite offering a SMART (simple, measurable, applicable, realistic, time bound) solution to HR and/or D&I experts, decision and policy makers at all levels aiming to address effectively the D&I challenges in work settings. The tool provides real-time, disaggregated primary data on D&I barriers visualized in a customized, own iDI-Nav® map allowing thus to measure and contrast the D&I baseline to any progress made. The client organization has access to a central, private dashboard to follow and monitor all allocated surveys, results, progress history, statistics, training modules, participation to trainings, awareness response, etc.; the customized. own iDI-Nav® maps can also be downloaded to better study and showcase the progress made within the organizational work setting.
A valuable tool for all.
The iDI-Nav® tool’s goal is to honor the concepts of diversity and inclusivity and their added value at all facets of society and well-being. In other words, it aims to serve the diversity and inclusion at individual, social and organizational level. To that end and drawn upon the published literature, the iDI-Nav® tool includes a short, simplified description of the D&I barriers to better support the D&I literacy and to offer some clarifications on some grey areas (e.g. what is considered sexual harassment and what is not?).
Whom is it addressed to?
The iDI-Nav® is designed to stimulate action in improving the D&I competences at organizational level and to facilitate the process of designing effective organizational policies and practices. As such, the IDI-Nav® is a useful tool for HR and/or D&I specialists tasked with the development and embedding of the D&I competence into organizational policy, practice, program or project. The tool provides the D&I specialists with the means to gain in-depth knowledge of the actual depth and breadth of the D&I challenges within the organization and to develop a customized, meaningful and effective D&I development plan. The iDI-Nav® method helps them to gain a bottom-up, data driven knowledge, organize and use it in ways that create added value for both the workforce and the organization.
Why is it important for employers and employees?
It has been extensively evidenced by research and experts’ reports that the D&I mentality must be institutionalized, systematic and of high quality to bring about long-term, meaningful and effective change. Scholarship across disciplines demonstrates the catalyzing role the D&I play in performance improvement at both individual and organizational level. Clearly, aside from the ethical, moral, social and political responsibility to respect and foster in practice diverse and inclusive workplaces, some serious benefits are associated with inclusive organizational culture such as attracting and retaining the best available talents, fostering creativity and innovation, promote employees’ development on an equal and fair basis, motivate full engagement and high performance, excel the organization’s marketability and profitability (McKinsley, 2020; Global Inclusivity Report 2020; World Economic Forum Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 2020).
The iDI-Nav® is a method customizable to the client’s organizational needs, taking into account location and culture. Currently, is available in five languages (Greek, German, French, Arabic, Chinese) to address the needs of respective markets taking though into consideration the local cultural requirements. Translations into additional languages may be added on demand.
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