DEI Multilogues - Multinational Tech Company

“The DEI Multilogues have been such an instrumental learning mechanism for our team. They have fundamentally changed the way our employees think about DEI and revolutionised how we teach new diversity concepts as we continue to grow in our DEI acumen.”

– Principal DEI Business Partner

Over the last 12 months, Squash have been working in partnership with a multinational tech company to create a series of DEI Multilogues. A Multilogue is a conversation that is many-to-many. We would lead and record a live session with a group of people leaders and our professional actors. Then broadcast this recording for the wider organisation to watch and respond to via an interactive livestream.

Objective:

The DEI Multilogues followed an eLearning course that set the groundwork for inclusion discussions. The DEI team wanted to bring to life the foundational takeaways, reinforce learning objectives and dive deeper through meaningful interactions about various dimensions of diversity. 

Process:

At the start of the process Squash worked hard to get a thorough understanding of the organisation’s culture, values and leadership principles so we could authentically reflect their unique culture through characters and scenarios. We worked alongside the DEI team to identify important stories to share, based on lived experiences from individuals within the organisation. We then brought these stories to life with detailed scripts filled with nuances of the culture and language, performed by our diverse pool of professional actors. 

The sessions consisted of a group of leaders in a ‘fishbowl’ discussion, responding to scenarios written and performed by the Squash team. Each Multilogue focused on a different topic including maternal health, equitable talent reviews and generational differences.

The DEI team ensured diverse representation across the groups of leaders taking part, to provide diverse thought when debriefing the scenes. The leaders role-modelled vulnerability and earned trust by speaking openly and sharing their experiences. They spoke about how they were working to ensure equity and where more work was needed. 

Squash created workbooks to accompany the playback of the DEI Mutlilogues, to help viewers with their own reflection and learning. We also created a best practice resource that provided further support for learning and equipped employees with the tools to respond to challenging situations, in order to continue to strengthen their culture of inclusion.