An inclusive culture expert and global CPD-accredited speaker, Joanne Lockwood helps organisations build workplaces where people genuinely belong. As Founder and CEO of SEE Change Happen, she combines lived experience with deep expertise in inclusive leadership, workplace culture and the human side of AI.... Read more
Episode 4: Moving Past Tick‑Boxing and Towards Belonging in DE&I with Joanne Lockwood
Where Inclusion Really Happens
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how people apply for jobs, communicate, learn and make decisions. Joanne explores the human side of this transformation and what organisations need to consider as AI changes the workplace.
Moving beyond diversity metrics to create workplace cultures where people genuinely belong. Joanne explores how organisations can turn inclusion from a policy or aspiration into part of how people experience work every day.
How leaders shape culture, engagement and belonging. Joanne explores the behaviours that help turn groups of individuals into effective teams and gives leaders practical ways to create environments where people feel able to contribute and thrive.
An exploration of how employer brand, organisational culture, candidate experience and bias influence who applies, who progresses and who stays, helping organisations approach inclusive recruitment as modern recruitment best practice.
Moving beyond the acronym to explore what DEI actually means, why organisational approaches so often fall short and what organisations that create meaningful and sustainable change do differently.
Authentic, evidence-based insight into LGBTQIA+ experiences in the workplace, combining lived experience with practical actions organisations and leaders can take to create meaningful inclusion.
Joanne Lockwood is The Inclusive Culture Expert, a global CPD-accredited speaker, and the Founder and CEO of SEE Change Happen. She partners with organisations worldwide to build cultures where people genuinely belong, focusing on inclusive leadership, workplace culture, diversity, equity and inclusion, and the human impact of emerging technologies.
Drawing on a career that spans technology, business and people consulting, Joanne brings a distinctive blend of strategic insight and lived experience. Before specialising in HR and inclusion, she spent over two decades working in IT and STEM, including service in the Royal Air Force and running her own technology businesses. This background now shapes Joanne Lockwood’s work on AI and the future of work, helping organisations understand not just what technology can do, but how it affects people, culture, leadership and belonging.
As a transgender woman, Joanne Lockwood brings authenticity and depth to conversations about inclusion. Her work is grounded in behavioural psychology, emotional and cultural intelligence, psychological safety and belonging. Known for a human-centred, practical approach, she challenges audiences to think differently without alienating them, translating complex and sensitive topics into clear, actionable steps leaders and organisations can take.
Joanne Lockwood has delivered more than 1,000 sessions and worked with over 200 organisations, including LinkedIn, LEGO, Unilever, John Lewis Partnership, Jaguar Land Rover, Audible, NHS England, Levi Strauss & Co, HarperCollins and lululemon. She speaks internationally to leadership teams and HR, talent and L&D professionals through keynotes, workshops, fireside conversations and panel discussions.
A Fellow and former Chair of the Professional Speaking Association UK & Ireland, Joanne Lockwood is also a Fellow of the Institute of Equality & Diversity Professionals and the Royal Society of Arts. She hosts the “Inclusion Bites” podcast, where she interviews thinkers, practitioners and leaders about how to create more inclusive workplaces and societies.
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