With only 23% of employees globally engaged at work (Gallup), trust and belonging can't be left to change. Employees are asking tougher questions about values, leadership and fairness—and they expect clarity, not platitudes. This conversation explores how "Cultural Intelligence" helps employee comms leaders embed equity and inclusion into everyday decision-making, training and integrated campaigns—even in politically sensitive environments. Hear how leaders across pharma and city government are operationalizing culture through new frameworks, learning programs and cross departmental collaboration. What you'll learn:
- Why this matters now: How Cultural Intelligence strengthens belonging, credibility and engagement in an era of burnout, polarization and declining trust.
- Culture as strategy: How Cultural Intelligence moves beyond ERGs and internal messaging to shape integrated communications, service delivery and organizational priorities.
- Communicating under constraint: How to navigate politically sensitive moments, adapt language when needed and still ensure campaigns reflect and serve diverse communities.
- From Framework to Training: How to pitch, design and scale Cultural Intelligence initiatives—from decision-making models to internal learning modules and capstone projects.
- Integrated impact: How to work effectively across key partner functions across the enterprise and frontline teams to ensure equity and inclusion show up in imagery, messaging and measurable outcomes.
