Diversity in Business: Leading Real Innovation
Event description
Many businesses are being forced to review how they're going to survive and grow in a post COVID-19 world.
Across many sectors, diversity has been marked as an untapped source of great innovation.
But what does diversity actually mean for businesses? And what can they do to support a more accepting culture?
Hear from co-founder of Wear it Purple, Katherine Hudson, on the value and importance of including diversity into your business plans for a stronger future. Learn from her first hand experience of fostering a community and business to scale nationally.
This is the perfect event for anyone interested in small business growth, looking to gain insight into representation and wanting to discuss how structures can be put in place to support minorities.
Format:
10am - welcome and introduction
10:05am - keynote address by Katherine Hudson
10:40am - Q&A
11am - Event end
Who Is Katherine Hudson?
Katherine Hudson is committed to the cause of social justice and passionate about increasing the diversity of voices in business, the arts and Australian society, and how to most effectively achieve social inclusion.
In 2010 Katherine co-founded Wear it Purple to help combat the rates of suicide and depression amongst LGBTIQ youth. This organisation grew from an inner-city Sydney-based movement to nationally recognised annual event. Katherine has been awarded the Aids Council of NSW Honor Award for Young Achiever, The Department of Defence Long Tan Youth Leadership award and the NSW Young Labor David Burnett Memorial award for her advocacy and work co-founding the Wear it Purple organisation.