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Global Top 10 Talent Leaders in Finance 2023
Our list spans leaders driving innovation in the Talent Leadership space across the globe. In our challenging economic environment, nowhere is...
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Hive Learning advances to Core Leader Zone in Fosway 9 Grid™ for Digital Learning, underscoring its position as a major disruptor in corporate learning
Hive Learning, the digital learning platform for delivering high impact learning programmes at scale, has earned Core Leader status in the...
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Global Top 40 Head of Leadership Development in Finance 2023
Our list spans leaders driving innovation in the leadership development space across the globe. In our challenging economic environment, nowhere...
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Hive Learning wins Gold Award for ‘Best Advance in Diversity and Inclusion Innovation’ for work with UKG at the 2022 Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards
London, 14th December 2022: Hive Learning is proud to announce it has won the Gold Award for ‘Best Advance in Diversity and Inclusion...
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Hive Learning and Place2Be win the Gold Award for ‘Best learning technologies project - public & non-profit sector’ at the 2022 Learning Technologies Awards
London, 17th November 2022: Place2Be — a children's mental health charity with over 25 years' experience working with pupils, families and...
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Hive Learning’s list of the Most Influential DEI Leaders in EMEA for 2022
Every year we compile a list of those people we see as influential leaders in DEI –– the trailblazers within their industry who are making...
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Hive Learning and Place2Be shortlisted for 2022 Learning Technologies Award for ‘Best learning technologies project - public & non-profit’
London, 2nd November 2022: Place2Be and Hive Learning have been shortlisted for the 2022 Learning Technologies award for ‘Best learning...
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Introducing our Microsoft Integrations Suite — helping busy learners keep culture change top of mind
Want to create a seamless, connected development experience? Find out how we're helping organizations make it happen.
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Sun Life Financial and Hive Learning win the Gold Award for ‘Best Advance in Diversity and Inclusion Innovation’ at the 2021 Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards
Tampa, Florida 10th December 2021: Hive Learning and their client Sun Life Financial were awarded the gold award for ‘Best Advance in...
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Legal and General and Hive Learning win the Gold Award for ‘Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies’ at the 2021 Learning Technologies Awards
London, 24th November 2021: Hive Learning was recognized alongside Legal and General for their work embedding behaviors at scale over the...
Diversity and Inclusion
Listen: ‘Managers talk strategy, leaders tell stories’
To understand someones lived experience, you have to listen to their stories and share your own.
Diversity and Inclusion
Elevate all voices from the start in meetings
It’s important to give everyone in the meeting a voice from the start, even if that’s a simple round of intros.
Diversity and Inclusion
How to be antiracist and self-educate
Antiracism is actively doing your part to understand, identify and change problems that contribute to racial injustice.
Diversity and Inclusion
What stops you from talking about diversity?
Talking about diversity still makes many of us uncomfortable. But starting these discussions is important.
Diversity and Inclusion
Is choosing to be silent a form of privilege?
It's natural to feel uncomfortable talking about difficult subjects. But is choosing comfort and avoiding difficult conversations a form of...
Diversity and Inclusion
Help your whole team to be their whole selves
Most workplaces have some sort of in-group. And everyone is aware — consciously or subconsciously — of what defines who's more likely to be...
Diversity and Inclusion
Six tiny ways to build trust
Academic Brené Brown's research found that trust isn't earned through sweeping, grand gestures. Trust is built in very small moments.
Diversity and Inclusion
Everyday practices for psychologically safe teams
To include everyone in a team, we have to welcome their contributions. This starts with a certain type of trust: psychological safety.
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Amplifying the impact of peer learning with our Microsoft Teams integration
According to Josh Bersin, the average learner has just 24 minutes a week to spend on learning. But we think the reality is that today it’s...
New Product Releases
New product releases for July 2021
From here on out, every month we’ll be bringing you a round-up of the newest and most interesting product updates we’ve been working on....
Diversity and Inclusion
Listen: The formula for being a great ally
The vast majority of people are well-intentioned and want to be inclusive - but various factors hold them back from stepping up to be an ally
Diversity and Inclusion
Listen: Motivating allyship
The vast majority of people are well-intentioned and want to be inclusive - but various factors hold them back from stepping up to be an ally
Diversity and Inclusion
Listen: What is allyship, plus some cautions & caveats for allies
Allyship is critical for building inclusive culture at work. In this episode, we explore what allyship is and some cautions and caveats that...
Mental Health
Hive Learning and Mental Health Innovations launch a new digital training program to help employers better support employee’s mental health
Hive Learning has partnered with the UK’s leading digital mental health charity — Mental Health Innovations (MHI) — to launch Mental...
Mental Health
Why the way we support employee mental health is broken
We’ve collaborated to design a program that combines Hive Learning’s peer learning methodology with Mental Health Innovation’s proven...
Mental Health
Reflect & encourage: Try this — Keep up two conversations by reflecting and encouraging
This resource forms part of Mental Health Works, a digital program developed together with Mental Health Innovations, the UK's leading digital...
Mental Health
Reflect & encourage: Reflect feelings to test understanding
This resource forms part of Mental Health Works, a digital program developed together with Mental Health Innovations, the UK's leading digital...
Mental Health
Reflect & encourage: Turn a conversation into a way forward
This resource forms part of Mental Health Works, a digital program developed together with Mental Health Innovations, the UK's leading digital...
Mental Health
(Sample) Validations & positive points: Try this — observe reactions to validations
This resource forms part of Mental Health Works, a digital program developed together with Mental Health Innovations, the UK's leading digital...
Mental Health
(Sample) Validations & positive points: How to get validations right
This resource forms part of Mental Health Works, a digital program developed together with Mental Health Innovations, the UK's leading digital...
Mental Health
(Sample) Validations & positive points: Validation as a first line of response
This resource forms part of Mental Health Works, a digital program developed together with Mental Health Innovations, the UK's leading digital...
Leadership
10 lessons from Mary Meeker’s 2018 Trends Report that learning leaders need to know about
Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report leaves no stone unturned, as the KPCB partner analyses the behaviours of the world’s 3.4 billion...
Diversity and Inclusion
Set expectations: Address problematic language
This is an Inclusion Works Workout — an interactive session guide to help teams foster a more inclusive culture. We’re sharing this Workout...
Diversity and Inclusion
Your guide to talking about diversity
Most people are well-meaning when it comes to diversity and inclusion. But often, caring deeply isn’t enough. We have to practice inclusive...
Diversity and Inclusion
Your 2-minute guide to giving feedback
Biased feedback gets in the way of inclusive career progression. It’s important to know how to give it, how to receive it, and be...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why Your Workplace Needs To Add “Belonging” To Their Diversity and Inclusion Program
In this interview, we spoke with Asif Sadiq, Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at The Telegraph. You don’t see the title of...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why your employer brand is critical for attracting diverse talent (and why you might be getting it wrong)
An Exclusive Interview with Gamiel Yafai, Managing Director at Diversity Marketplace.
Diversity and Inclusion
Why Your D&I Department Won’t Succeed Alone
An Exclusive Interview with Tiffany Edwards, Engagement and Inclusion Director at Droga5.
Mental Health
Why you should care about mental health
Even if you don’t know it, it’s likely that someone close to you has experienced a mental health issue. In any given year, 1 in 4...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why Work/Life Integration Doesn’t Mean Your Career Is on the “B-Track”
In this interview, we spoke with Suzanne McGovern, Chief Diversity Officer at Splunk where she shared some of her struggles with work/life...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why psychological safety is a critical path to inclusion
Business problems today are far too complex for any one person to solve. That’s why the most effective leaders — rather than relying solely...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why it’s best to be an ally in training
This is part one of a three-part series about how to be a better ally. Understand the mindset of an ‘ally in training’ and get to grips with...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why hiring for culture fit is misguided
You need to be aware of your biases throughout the hiring process, especially when making a final decision or taking a candidate out of the...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why Changing Your Values Won’t Change Your Culture
An Exclusive Interview with Sonja Gittens Ottley, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Asana
Diversity and Inclusion
What’s a “blind audition”?
📝 How are you hiring? After you attract the right talent to apply to work for your business, you need to minimize the chance of bias seeping...
Diversity and Inclusion
What “The Only” Experience Really Feels Like & How to Become a Better Ally
An Exclusive Interview with Stephanie Foster, Product Manager at Fiserv In the D&I community we often talk about how difficult “the only”...
Diversity and Inclusion
What is racism? And what is systemic racism?
This piece is part of a series on systemic racism that’s a small part of Hive Learning’s Inclusion Works program. Here’s why we encourage...
Diversity and Inclusion
What is inclusion?
👏 We’re glad you asked. The difference between “diversity” and “inclusion” isn’t immediately obvious, but the nuance between...
Diversity and Inclusion
What are microaggressions?
The way our bias leaks out is through everyday microaggressions: seemingly minor slights, exclusions, messages, looks, jokes or quips to someone...
Diversity and Inclusion
We’re Using the Wrong Bar to Measure Worker Success
An Exclusive Interview with Fiona Smith and Katy Murray, Co-Founders of Catalyst Collective
Mental Health
Wellbeing Works Workout: Share your Mental Health Guide
Would you know what to watch out for if a colleague was struggling with their mental health?
Diversity and Inclusion
Wait – isn’t this obsession with microaggressions too PC?
There are objections abound when it comes to microaggressions: from the idea that it’s a “first world problem” to that it’s too...
Diversity and Inclusion
Unpack invisible privileges
Both privilege and oppression shape the way you interact with the world or, more accurately, how the world interacts with you.
Diversity and Inclusion
Understand your privilege
Understanding your privilege is often cited as a first and fundamental step in becoming an ally. Here’s what that actually means.
Diversity and Inclusion
Trump’s executive order on DEI training is in place until January at least; here’s what it means
On September 22nd US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, banning certain types of diversity...
Diversity and Inclusion
Top tips to strip bias out of your talent practices
Signals about your inclusiveness are hidden in plain sight in job adverts, marketing materials and messages about your culture. It’s important...
Diversity and Inclusion
Tiny habits: hear all voices in meetings
Feeling that your voice is heard is an important part of feeling included in a team.
Diversity and Inclusion
Tiny habits: foster creative abrasion
The way that innovative teams generate great ideas is through a process and a culture known as creative abrasion, where ideas are productively...
Diversity and Inclusion
Three ways to have bolder conversations about diversity and inclusion
Conversations about diversity don’t stop at hearing about someone’s personal identity. Productive, eye-opening and fascinating conversations...
Diversity and Inclusion
The way forward
This piece is part of a series on systemic racism that’s a small part of Hive Learning’s Inclusion Works program. Here’s why we encourage...
Diversity and Inclusion
The ultimate guide to inclusive onboarding
⏰ Think about the last time you had a first day at work. How did you feel? You might remember feeling anxious, excited, or filled with...
Diversity and Inclusion
The Tech Skills Gap and How Inclusion Can Solve It
An Exclusive Interview with Jaqueline de Rojas, president of Tech UK and one of the most influential women in tech in the UK.
Diversity and Inclusion
The surprising paradox of comfort and psychological safety
Psychological safety, a term coined and defined by Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, is a belief that you will not be punished or...
Diversity and Inclusion
The Remarkable Example of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
An Exclusive Interview with Natalie Sigona, Head of Global Diversity and Inclusion at BAE Systems
Diversity and Inclusion
The Problem With Labels & The Right To Offend
An Exclusive Interview with Denise McQuaid, Customer and Innovation Director at Connor HR Consultancy
Diversity and Inclusion
The Neutral Middle Is Hindering Change
An Exclusive Interview with Marissa Ellis, Founder of Diversily and creator of the Change Canvas.
Diversity and Inclusion
The moment DEI became everyone’s responsibility
2020 threw plenty of curveballs at organizations and DEI teams. COVID-19 created new and urgent people needs while putting many companies on...
Leadership
The future of leadership development
This is part of the Hive Learning pulse report, State of Leadership 2021. In this section, we look at how organizations can effectively and...
Leadership
The four keys to building a feedback culture
Feedback fuels continuous improvement. We all have blind spots. We rely on our colleagues to help us see those, to help us fulfill our greatest...
Diversity and Inclusion
The disability pay gap hiding in plain sight
We’ve talked a lot about the gender and ethnicity pay gaps, and it’s been enlightening to see the data shared by companies on both sides of...
Diversity and Inclusion
The business case for D&I
Diversity is good for business. Not just for the obvious reasons, like because it’s the right thing to do. There’s a raft of research that...
Mental Health
Taking care of your own mental health
Turn on the TV, radio or chat to a friend, and what’s the first thing that comes up? Probably COVID-19.
Leadership
State of Leadership 2021
2021 brings hope. A vaccine, equity emerging at the heart of the new US government’s policy, and the prospect that we may (at some point) head...
Diversity and Inclusion
Speak up, not over
This is part three of a three-part series about how to be a better ally. Understand the mindset of an ‘ally in training’ and get to grips...
Diversity and Inclusion
Smashing The Glass Wall with Pragmatic Feminism
An Exclusive Interview with the authors of The Glass Wall, Kathyrn Jacob OBE and Sue Unerman Women are still under-represented in the executive...
Diversity and Inclusion
Set ground rules for political debate at work
A quick glance at the 2020 U.S. election results map will show you that whichever side you were on in the election, there are plenty of people...
Diversity and Inclusion
Session guide: Build psychological safety in your team
📌 What do we mean by trust & psychological safety? Trust is the essential starting point for true inclusion in your team.
Diversity and Inclusion
Scenarios: how to use your privilege
From a very young age, we’re taught about fairness. But we are rarely taught that treating everyone the same isn’t fair. Think of it...
Diversity and Inclusion
Resources hub for learning about people with disabilities
There’s an easy and fulfilling way to self-educate about disabilities and the diverse experiences of people that have them.
Diversity and Inclusion
Reni Eddo-Lodge on systemic racism in the UK
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism and the Black British experience. This guide...
Mental Health
Reduce stigma in a lasting way
🎯 Mental health stigma refers to the bad things that are associated with a mental health struggles. For example, if you prefer to say you...
Diversity and Inclusion
Racism in housing
This piece is part of a series on systemic racism that’s a small part of Hive Learning’s Inclusion Works program. Here’s why we encourage...
Diversity and Inclusion
Racism in healthcare
This piece is part of a series on systemic racism that’s a small part of Hive Learning’s Inclusion Works program. Here’s why we encourage...
Diversity and Inclusion
Racism in education
This piece is part of a series on systemic racism that’s a small part of Hive Learning’s Inclusion Works program. Here’s why we encourage...
Diversity and Inclusion
Racism in cultural representation and the media
This piece is part of a series on systemic racism that’s a small part of Hive Learning’s Inclusion Works program. Here’s why we encourage...
Diversity and Inclusion
Racism in criminal justice
This piece is part of a series on systemic racism that’s a small part of Hive Learning’s Inclusion Works program. Here’s why we encourage...
Diversity and Inclusion
Racial bias in hiring: How to make hiring more equitable for Black professionals
In 2017, a study found that discrimination in recruitment against Black professionals hadn’t improved in 25 years.
Diversity and Inclusion
Putting Employees First Puts the Company First
An Exclusive Interview with Adelmise Warner, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Sirius XM and Pandora
Diversity and Inclusion
The state of DEI 2020-2021
2020 changed the way we work. COVID-19 turned whole industries on their heads overnight and took a huge toll on people’s personal lives. When...
Diversity and Inclusion
Psychological Safety: The Path to Inclusion and Innovation
An Exclusive Interview with Tim Clark, founder and CEO of Leader Factor, a consultancy that offers elegant, practical, and powerful performance...
Diversity and Inclusion
Privilege and Power: Pass the Mic
An Exclusive Interview with Yari Blanco, Senior Manager of Culture and Diversity at The Wing
Innovation
Power of gratitude in building an innovative culture
💊 Does conflict in innovation processes need to come at a cost in the workplace? At work, we get to come together as teams and, as a...
Leadership
New leadership skills for 2021
If you want to download the full report and share it with your colleagues, get the PDF here:
Mental Health
Your mental health glossary
In this glossary you’ll find explanations of the most common mental health issues in the Western world accompanied by stats and essential...
Diversity and Inclusion
Primer on unconscious bias
📌 We’re all biased Yep, that’s right. We all have biases. These biases are deep-seated assumptions we make about people who are...
Diversity and Inclusion
Navigate a colleague’s return to work after a leave of absence
🙇 Navigating stigma around extended leaves of absence Asking for a leave of absence is in itself anxiety-inducing. Why?
Diversity and Inclusion
Book Review: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Seven years after coining the phrase white fragility, Robin DiAngelo unpacks her uncomfortable but game-changing concept.
Diversity and Inclusion
Book Review: The Person You Mean to Be by Dolly Chugh
This book will help you have difficult and bolder conversations, confront uncomfortable truths and not be afraid to talk about race as long as...
Mental Health
Manage your stress
As England heads back into lockdown, many are concerned about how the stricter rules will affect their mental health and the wellbeing of those...
Diversity and Inclusion
It’s Time to Make Inclusion Inclusive: Why Tackling One Underrepresented Group Won’t Work
An Exclusive Interview with Toby Mildon, Diversity and Inclusion Architect at Mildon.
Diversity and Inclusion
It’s a racist society and we can’t ‘just live in it’
Antiracism is actively doing your part to understand, identify and change problems that contribute to racial injustice.
Diversity and Inclusion
Is digital DEI here to stay
If you want to download the full report and share it with your colleagues, get the PDF here:
Diversity and Inclusion
Introduction to gender pay gaps and pay parity
You may have heard the terms “gender pay gap” and “pay parity” used interchangeably – but they really are not the same thing.
Diversity and Inclusion
Inclusive workplace: noise and deep work
👩💻 Think about noise & deep work Offices can be noisy, distracting places. Are you setting your team up with the environment they need...
Diversity and Inclusion
How we unwittingly leave people behind
On the surface, the word marginalised means to be pushed out to the edges — the opposite of inclusion. Of course, none of us would put others...
Diversity and Inclusion
How we unwittingly exclude and marginalize
On the surface, the word marginalized means to be pushed out to the edges — the opposite of inclusion. Of course, none of us would put others...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to talk about race & ethnicity
Words matter. That’s why we’ve outlined some useful terminology when talking about race and ethnicity to help make you feel more confident...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to talk about disability (and what not to say)
Let’s be real: it can be really tough to talk about disabilities, especially at work. But when we avoid talking about this important part of...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to start the conversation about D&I in 2020
🤐 One of the major stumbling blocks to building a diverse and inclusive team is that diversity itself so often goes unspoken in the corporate...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to self-educate & ideal starting resources
This forms part of our ‘How to be antiracist’ pathway in our Inclusion Works programme. For this pathway, we’ve made a conscious decision...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to identify & discuss things you want to change
This forms part of our ‘How to be antiracist’ pathway in our Inclusion Works programme. For this pathway, we’ve made a conscious decision...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to hire for culture add vs culture fit
Aubrey Blanche, Head of Diversity and Belonging at Atlassian, calls ‘culture fit’ one of the worst talent concepts that have ever been...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to create a Diversity Programme that changes culture from today
Last week Starbucks closed 8,000 of its US stores to give 175,000 employees racial bias training. But Harvard Research proves that traditional...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to build a socially inclusive environment
43% of employees say that their office is dominated by cliques. Cliques are groups that develop exclusive social practices.
Diversity and Inclusion
How to build a business case for D&I at your company
Buying a branded ping-pong table or getting 15 types of bagels for breakfast can hardly feel comparative to a diversity and inclusion (D&I)...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to advance your conversations about D&I
Conversations about diversity don’t stop at hearing about someone’s personal identity. Productive, eye-opening and fascinating conversations...
Diversity and Inclusion
How Purpose Creates Diversity and Inclusion
An Exclusive Interview with Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Founder and CEO Gadhia Group
Diversity and Inclusion
How Inclusive is Your Network
An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Zella King, Co-Founder of Personal Boardroom
Diversity and Inclusion
How diversity, equity and inclusion became a C-Suite priority
If you want to download the full report and share it with your colleagues, get the PDF here:
Diversity and Inclusion
How 2020 created new dimensions and priorities in DEI
2020 threw plenty of curveballs at organizations and DEI teams. COVID-19 created new and urgent people needs while putting many companies on...
Diversity and Inclusion
Hear everyone when you ideate
You may have heard that the ideation stage of innovation is about quantity over quality. But it’s also about having divergent ideas.
Diversity and Inclusion
George the Poet on youth violence, representation and the limitations of government
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism and the Black British experience. This guide...
Diversity and Inclusion
Everything You Need to Know About Financial Inclusion
An Exclusive Interview with Asesh Sarkar, Global CEO and Co-founder at Salary Finance, and Dhiren Master, Chief Marketing Officer at Salary...
Diversity and Inclusion
Dos & Don’ts for Inclusive 1:1s
🤝 Enhance a culture of inclusion with winning conversations When done well, one-to-one (1:1) meetings and conversations are an incredible...
Diversity and Inclusion
Does your workplace have exclusive decor and symbols?
Your decor may unwittingly send a symbolic message about who belongs in your business – and who doesn’t. Take a critical eye to what’s on...
Diversity and Inclusion
Does politics have a place at work?
Politics can be extremely divisive. It drives a wedge between families — the kind of wedge that quickly scuppers productivity and employee...
Diversity and Inclusion
Do awareness weeks pay lip service to DEI?
Awareness days, weeks and months like International Women’s Day and Black History Month aim to bring certain demographics into our everyday...
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity ‘training’ doesn’t work: 3 ways to create a more inclusive culture
According to a recent McKinsey and Company report on Why Diversity Matters, companies that achieve gender diversity on their executive teams are...
Diversity and Inclusion
Your A-Z D&I Glossary
Our uncertainty of the right words to use to talk about diversity and inclusion can be paralysing. Most of us are worried we’ll handle it...
Diversity and Inclusion
Designing antiracist policies & norms at work
This forms part of our ‘How to be antiracist’ pathway in our Inclusion Works programme. For this pathway, we’ve made a conscious decision...
Diversity and Inclusion
Defy stereotypes: I am, but I am not
This is an Inclusion Works Workout — an interactive session guide to help teams foster a more inclusive culture. We’re sharing this Workout...
Diversity and Inclusion
“Culture Fit” is a Bad Fit for Creating an Inclusive Work Culture
An Exclusive Interview with Aubrey Blanche, Head of Diversity and Belonging at Atlassian
Diversity and Inclusion
Check your privilege
Writing in the seminal Privilege, Power, and Difference, Allan G. Johnson states that the flip side to every privilege is oppression.
Diversity and Inclusion
Building Inclusion Starts with Empathy
How often do you interact with people that are completely different from you? Stepping into someone else’s shoes can be an eye-opening and...
Diversity and Inclusion
Build vulnerability, it’s easier than you think
Vulnerability in leadership has been in vogue for ages and scholars agree it is a key ingredient in psychological safety. But how can we set...
Diversity and Inclusion
Boost honesty at exit interviews
🤦 Most companies fail at making departures constructive. This is a major missed opportunity to gather feedback that can help you be better,...
Diversity and Inclusion
Book Review: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel-Tatum
Beverly Daniel-Tatum’s first edition of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race...
Diversity and Inclusion
Being LGBTQ+ Inclusive In the Modern Workplace: Why ‘Caring’ Isn’t Enough
An Exclusive Interview with Vessy Tasheva, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant
Diversity and Inclusion
Are you privileged?
This is part one of a four-part series about privilege. If will help you understand examples of privileges, the barriers that exist for people...
Diversity and Inclusion
Understanding workplace stereotypes: “too old”
Agesim, the “last acceptable prejudice”, isn’t just a simple brain blip like some cognitive biases. But like gender and race, age is an...
Diversity and Inclusion
Afua Hirsch on The Question
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism and the Black British experience. This guide...
Diversity and Inclusion
Affinity bias and you: Evaluate your inner circle
This is an Inclusion Works Workout — an interactive session guide to help teams foster a more inclusive culture. We’re sharing this Workout...
Diversity and Inclusion
Addressing common questions about antiracism
This forms part of our ‘How to be antiracist’ pathway in our Inclusion Works programme. For this pathway, we’ve made a conscious decision...
Diversity and Inclusion
A conversation guide
In light of the murder of George Floyd and the protests happening around the country, we’d encourage you to ask your Black colleagues how they...
Diversity and Inclusion
7 must-dos for inclusive interviews
We’ve all had that experience of interviewing someone and immediately hitting it off. Perhaps you went to the same university, or have the...
Diversity and Inclusion
#6: Reparations
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism. This guide forms part of a six-week Black...
Diversity and Inclusion
5 things not to say to people with invisible illnesses
Let’s face it, we can all get a bit tongue-tied when talking about disabilities or chronic illnesses. We so desperately want to be supportive...
Diversity and Inclusion
5 step guide to creating a more inclusive workplace environment
Is your workspace welcoming and enabling to all? Your workspace has an important role to play in inclusion. Your physical environment sends a...
Diversity and Inclusion
#5: Arts, Culture & Justice
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism. This guide forms part of a six-week Black...
Diversity and Inclusion
4 top tips to build psychological safety in your workplace
Psychological safety is about not being afraid to make a mistake and is predicated on the principles of learning from your errors, recognizing...
Diversity and Inclusion
4 Secret Weapons for Building a Culture of Inclusion
Jackie Glenn is the former Chief Diversity Officer of EMC Corporation, Dell, author of Lift as I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through...
Diversity and Inclusion
4 point checklist for supporting parental leave
A raft of research shows that parents in the workplace accomplish more and make better leaders. They are more likely to trust their instincts,...
Diversity and Inclusion
#4: Isabel Wilkerson on America’s enduring caste system
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism. This guide forms part of a six-week Black...
Diversity and Inclusion
3 top reasons behind cognitive bias
Take a moment to look at the photo below and, as quickly as you can, imagine an answer to these three questions: 💼 What sort of job does...
Diversity and Inclusion
3 simple steps to stop a microaggression
🎁 Bonus resource for podcast listeners: if you heard Daisy Auger-Dominguez’s story about how her leadership team turned a microaggression...
Diversity and Inclusion
3 steps to de-bias your feedback
🙅 Biased feedback gets in the way of fair career progression You’re probably already well aware of the power of feedback. Constructive...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to start the conversation about D&I at work
Words matter 🗣️ Of course, the way we talk about diversity and inclusion is ever-evolving. No one’s blaming anyone for being uncertain...
Diversity and Inclusion
#3: Dr Brené Brown and Dr Ibram X. Kendi on how to be antiracist
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism. This guide forms part of a six-week Black...
Diversity and Inclusion
2021 and the future of DEI
2020 threw plenty of curveballs at organizations and DEI teams. COVID-19 created new and urgent people needs while putting many companies on...
Diversity and Inclusion
2 main dimensions of diversity
What makes you you? Probably too many things to count. Our identities are complex. Put groups of people together and you’ll find all sorts...
Diversity and Inclusion
#2: 13TH (film) on racism in the criminal justice system
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism. This guide forms part of a six-week Black...
Diversity and Inclusion
11 step approach to creating a more inclusive culture
💪 We are happiest and perform best when we can be ourselves, because we all want to be valued for who we are. An inclusive culture is one...
Diversity and Inclusion
#1: Beverly Daniel-Tatum on passive racism vs active racism
This discussion guide is designed to get you and your colleagues learning and talking about racism. This guide forms part of a six-week Black...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to have smoother conversations about Black Lives Matter
World news has focused on the murder of George Floyd, the riots, and the systemic oppression and racism that continues in the United States.
News
Hive Learning launches dedicated app for social care workers
At Hive Learning, our peer learning platform brings together millions of people every day to learn, collaborate, swap challenges and share...
News
UK’s Most Influential D&I Leaders – 2020
2020 has been a transformative year for many of us. That’s especially true for those of us working in the diversity and inclusion space.
News
North America’s Most Influential D&I Leaders – 2020
For those working in the diversity and inclusion space, 2020 has been a transformative year. We’re facing a global pandemic that constantly...
Resilience
Build back better: accelerating out of Covid-19 and into the new world of work
As countries emerge from lockdown and some tentatively dip back in, it’s clear that organizations that weathered the storm are readying...
Diversity and Inclusion
PREVIEW: How to strip bias out of your hiring process
Kaleidoscope from Hive Learning is a guided inclusion programme, designed to help leaders and managers build a more inclusive culture starting...
Resilience
In Conversation: Sir Clive Woodward and Charles Mindenhall on why agility is critical to accelerate out of the crisis
We recently brought together World Cup-winning Coach, Sir Clive Woodward, and Charles Mindenhall, Co-founder of Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s...
Leadership
In Conversation: Sir Clive Woodward and Charles Mindenhall on the mindsets leaders need in crises
We recently brought together World Cup-winning Coach, Sir Clive Woodward, and Charles Mindenhall, Co-founder of Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s...
Innovation
In Conversation: Sir Clive Woodward and Charles Mindenhall on success from setbacks
We recently brought together World Cup-winning Coach, Sir Clive Woodward, and Charles Mindenhall, Co-founder of Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s...
Innovation
In Conversation: Sir Clive Woodward and Charles Mindenhall on lessons for big business in times of crisis
We recently brought together World Cup-winning Coach, Sir Clive Woodward, and Charles Mindenhall, Co-founder of Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s...
Leadership
Why your CEO will never use your LMS (and what to do about it)
When Deloitte surveyed several hundred business and HR professionals in 2017, corporate L&D received a net-promoter score of -8. That’s as bad...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why “toxic masculinity“ matters
“Toxic masculinity” and man box culture impact everything by implying or insisting that there is one “right” way to be a man.
Diversity and Inclusion
If unconscious bias training doesn’t work, what’s the alternative?
Unconscious bias training is infamous in the diversity, equity and inclusion world and is fast becoming well known outside of those circles too.
Learning Strategy
Why no app will rule them all
Finding the right tools to drive productivity and growth has always been a challenge for businesses. But back in 2016, Deloitte’s Human...
Resilience
In conversation: Sir Clive Woodward and Charles Mindenhall on maintaining connectivity from a distance:
We recently brought together World Cup-winning Coach, Sir Clive Woodward, and Charles Mindenhall, Co-founder of Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s...
Resilience
How to support flexible working
Implementing a flexible working policy is a part of having reasonable adjustments that help employers understand a “substantial...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why it’s the glass wall, not the glass ceiling, we need to crack
With just 6 female CEOs on the FTSE350, it’s clear that women are still under-represented in the executive suite – especially in tech. But...
Diversity and Inclusion
How to make your onboarding more inclusive for your Black colleagues
Onboarding is a word straight out of the HR glossary. But welcoming a new hire isn’t only the responsibility of the HR department or the...
Diversity and Inclusion
Why the word ‘diversity’ is blocking our progress
“Culture Fit is one of the worst talent concepts that’s ever been invented. I genuinely cannot understand why we would invent a concept that...
Learning Strategy
Why 90% of learning resources never get used
Engaging employees with learning content is a challenge that many of the CEOs and HR Directors we speak to face. Whether it’s compliance based...
Leadership
How not to lose your job to an algorithm (Pt.1)
The robots are coming, but that’s no bad thing. According to Gartner research, by 2020 AI will create more jobs than it replaces. Whether...
Learning Strategy
What leaders can learn about change from Netflix, Duolingo and Strava
Over the past decade, technology has transformed the way we live; our watches are changing our health patterns, apps on our phone are changing...
News
Hive Learning win ‘Best Learning Initiative for Business Culture’ at the Business Culture Awards
London, 15th November 2019: Hive Learning was recognised alongside a major client for their work in unleashing the power of digital social...
News
Hive Learning together with Babcock’s DST business win bronze for 2021 Learning Awards’ Learning Platform of the Year
Hive Learning, the world’s leading peer learning platform, and Babcock’s Defence Systems Technology (DST) business have won the bronze award...
News
Hive Learning together with Babcock DST shortlisted for Learning Technologies Awards 2020
21 September, London / New York: Babcock DST — a leading provider of critical, complex engineering services — and Hive Learning — the...
Diversity and Inclusion
Trump canceled diversity training. Does he have a point?
Over the past few weeks, diversity training has come under attack. And not just by a handful of reluctant corporate employees — by politicians...
Mental Health
Top 4 reasons not to let mental health drop off the radar
Have you talked about mental health with a close friend or colleague recently? At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health came...
News
Top 10 talks we’re excited about at HRD Summit UK
With the HRD Summit UK taking place next week in Birmingham, here’s a rundown of the sessions we’re determined not to miss. See you there!
News
Hive Learning shortlisted for two Learning Technologies Awards
Hive Learning are excited to be shortlisted alongside not one, but TWO, of our esteemed partners in the ‘Best use of social and collaborative...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking: Why the backlash in supporting Black History Month?
Recently, Sainsbury’s published a Tweet demonstrating their support for this year’s Black History Month in the UK: While many supported...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking when will D&I work pay the employees on the ground
D&I is undeniably important for businesses. But are the employees that drive it fairly compensated? At our August panel discussion Race,...
Mental Health
This Got Us Thinking: what if working from home isn’t a Utopia for all?
Here at Hive Learning we’ve been working from home since mid March. While not without its challenges, we’ve been able to adapt well to...
Mental Health
This Got Us Thinking: what if we’re on the edge of a mental health crisis?
The Covid-19 crisis has hit us all hard, and the effects on businesses and individuals have been plain to see. Here at Hive Learning, we’ve...
News
Hive Learning shortlisted for four awards at the Business Culture Awards and Learning Technologies Awards 2019
11 September, London / New York: Hive Learning — the peer learning platform that radically accelerates innovation, collaboration and...
News
Hive Learning opens first East Coast office in New York
Hive Learning already has a global client base we’re really proud of, with users in almost every country in the world. And today we’re...
News
Hive Learning launches the Inclusion Works Leaders Network — a digital community for D&I leaders
19 November 2019, London / New York: Hive Learning — the peer learning platform that radically accelerates innovation, collaboration and...
News
Hive Learning launches Inclusion Works FRONTLINE pulse report: The challenge with diversity fatigue and how to overcome it.
2 December 2019, London / New York: Hive Learning — the peer learning platform that radically accelerates innovation, collaboration and...
News
Hive Learning earns Solid Performer status on the 2019 Fosway 9-Grid™
29th January 2019, London / New York: Hive Learning, the digital partner for putting change into action, has been ranked in the Solid Performer...
News
Hive Learning customers share advice on achieving impact from tech spend fast at Learning Technologies 2019
Hive Learning will showcase insight into how organisations can see the impact from digital learning and change programmes in weeks, not years,...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking: what does Covid-19 mean for gender equality?
As the UK hustled into lockdown in mid March, we all knew things would change, be put on hold or cancelled altogether. Later that month, the...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking what do you do about people that have it all wrong
On Tuesday July 7th, 150 signatories put their name to an open letter calling for the end of cancel culture and ideological conformity.
Diversity and Inclusion
This got us thinking the rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric
Recently grime artist Wiley appeared in the news after posting a number of anti-Semitic Tweets. After severe backlash from the public and a...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking should you give up on winning hearts and minds
In matters of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), we’re often told we need to win hearts and minds. The message is that if you make...
News
Hive Learning awarded Learning Technologies’ Learning Organisation of the Year
28 November, London / New York: Hive Learning — the peer learning platform that radically accelerates innovation, collaboration and inclusion...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking: is this reel representation?
The Star Wars saga might have more intergalactic species than most films, but its human cast members haven’t always been very diverse. The...
News
Hive Learning are proud D&I sponsors of the Business Culture Awards as part of their mission to build a more inclusive world
Hive Learning is proud to be the official D&I sponsor of the upcoming Business Culture Awards on 14 November 2019 in London.
News
Hive Learning are finalists at the LPI’s Learning Awards
We’re excited to be finalists for ‘External Learning Solution of the Year’ in the prestigious Learning and Performance...
Diversity and Inclusion
This got us thinking: How does racism affect mental health and access to care?
Over the summer several articles discussed how psychological wounds reopened for Black people following the Black Lives Matter movement.
News
Hive Learning and Halma plc take home gold at 2018 Learning Technologies Awards
London, 22nd November 2018: Halma plc, a global group of life-saving technology companies, and digital partner, Hive Learning, have been...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking: how do you address uncomfortable truths
At Hive Learning we’ve been hosting weekly informal talks about systemic racism, the Black Lives Matter movement and the legacy of slavery.
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking: How do we confront the gaps in our Black history education?
In June this year, writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch wrote a thought-provoking article in Vogue magazine about the gaps in our education when...
Diversity and Inclusion
Harnessing the power of Black Lives Matter to create lasting change
Black Lives Matter began as a hashtag in 2013. It has grown into a decentralized, galvanizing and exacting tour de force. Now a movement with...
Diversity and Inclusion
This Got Us Thinking: can we still appreciate the work of flawed artists?
Once called the King of RnB, R. Kelly is now widely reviled following charges of sexual abuse and accusations that span two decades. His music...
Learning Strategy
The journey from reader to leader: How to create a culture of peer learning digitally
Most L&D and HR people are familiar with social and collaborative learning, but the question on everyone’s mind is – does it actually work?...
Innovation
The go-to strategies in corporate change and why they fail
Behaviour change is at the heart of all business transformation. But knowing how to achieve that change has become a multi-billion pound...
News
Halma and Hive Learning win Silver for ‘External Learning Solution of the Year’ at 2019 Learning Awards
London / New York, 8 February 2019: Halma plc, a global group of life-saving technology companies, and digital partner, Hive Learning, have won...
News
Sun Life launches Inclusion Works by Hive Learning to advance DEI globally
10 November, London / New York: Sun Life has become the first insurer to launch a digital learning platform to global employees to advance...
Leadership
Three killer skills learning leaders need to succeed
The digital learning industry is changing rapidly. Learning strategy has become less learner-fed and more learner-led, as organisations...
Diversity and Inclusion
Great minds don’t think alike
Companies with more inclusive teams outperform their peers by 80% in team-based assessments, according to Deloitte.
Diversity and Inclusion
Four ways to strip bias from your hiring practice
It’s impossible to strip people of their biases. Deeply ingrained in us from a young age, even when we become aware of our bias and have an...
Innovation
Sir Clive Woodward: Why you’ll never win if you’re not learning
Hive Learning founder Sir Clive Woodward and Chief Exec Angus McCarey pool their thoughts on how businesses can survive, and thrive, in the...
Diversity and Inclusion
Four ways to change culture fast
Most diversity and inclusion programmes don’t work. While many companies have training programmes in place, most focus solely on unconscious...
Diversity and Inclusion
RTI International, Black Lives Matter & Lasting Change
This interview took place as part of our Inclusion Works pulse report series, looking at how organizations can harness the momentum created by...
Mental Health
Recognizing the toll of stress
Everyone feels stress from time to time. Whether it’s carrying the emotional weight of something personal, like relationship problems or...
News
Fosway 9-Grid’s™ for both Digital Learning and Learning Systems identify Hive Learning as Core Challenger in the learning technologies landscape
Hive Learning — the world’s leading peer learning platform — has entered the 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning for the first time...
News
Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems identifies Hive Learning as Core Challenger following a year of record growth
Hive Learning — the world’s leading peer learning platform — has advanced from Solid Performer to Core Challenger status on the 2021...
Diversity and Inclusion
Five of the most influential women in inclusion tell us how to #BalanceforBetter
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #BalanceforBetter Over the last few months, we’ve been privileged to speak with...
Diversity and Inclusion
PREVIEW: Build trust and psychological safety in your team
Kaleidoscope from Hive Learning is a guided inclusion programme, designed to help leaders and managers build a more inclusive culture starting...
News
Press release: Hive Learning launch Inclusion Works podcast for D&I leaders struggling to put inclusion into action
London / New York, 23rd January 2019: Today sees the launch of Inclusion Works – a new podcast from Hive Learning designed to share actionable...
Innovation
Elon Musk isn’t the only reason Tesla is successful; how to empower your team and avoid burnout
Elon Musk is on the brink of burnout. Overstressed and overworked, “this past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my life,”...
News
Our commitments to supporting our community through Covid-19
Today I have a bittersweet announcement to make. After 6 years with the company, I am delighted to be taking the helm as CEO of Hive Learning.
Diversity and Inclusion
Challenging the ethnicity pay gap.
What is the ethnicity pay gap? The ethnicity pay gap shows the gap in average earnings between different ethnic groups.
Diversity and Inclusion
Northwestern Mutual, Black Lives Matter & Lasting Change
This interview took place as part of our Inclusion Works pulse report series, looking at how organizations can harness the momentum created by...
Diversity and Inclusion
New York Life, Black Lives Matter & Lasting Change
This interview took place as part of our Inclusion Works pulse report series, looking at how organizations can harness the momentum created by...
News
New industry report from Hive Learning finds that D&I leaders think unconscious bias training is ineffective at building a more inclusive culture
4 March 2020, London / New York: Hive Learning — the peer learning platform for building culture-critical skills at scale — surveyed D&I...
Diversity and Inclusion
Netflix, Black Lives Matter & Lasting Change
This interview took place as part of our Inclusion Works pulse report series, looking at how organizations can harness the momentum created by...
Diversity and Inclusion
Being LBGTQ+ Inclusive in the Modern Workplace: Why ‘caring’ isn’t enough
It’s Monday and you’re at work. Your colleague asks “How was your weekend?” You think about your weekend, carefully filtering the...
Diversity and Inclusion
BAE Systems, Black Lives Matter & Lasting Change
This interview took place as part of our Inclusion Works pulse report series, looking at how organizations can harness the momentum created by...
Diversity and Inclusion
Accenture, Black Lives Matter & Lasting Change
This interview took place as part of our Inclusion Works pulse report series, looking at how organizations can harness the momentum created by...
Diversity and Inclusion
A message from our CEO in these turbulent times
We have watched the news of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmad Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many more unfold with horror. We have felt anger and...
Diversity and Inclusion
8 tips to prevent sexual harassment within your team
Nearly half of working women in the U.S. say they have experienced harassment in the workplace – yet 80% of these victims never report this...
Diversity and Inclusion
7 ways to be more inclusive of people with invisible disabilities
It’s thought that invisible disabilities, also known as hidden or unseen disabilities, account for 96% of chronic medical conditions. But...
News
Most Influential D&I Leaders – 2019
Studies show that bringing together a team with a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives naturally lends itself to innovative thinking....
News
5 unmissable events at HRD Summit US
With the HRD Summit US taking place less than one week away in Boston, here’s a rundown of the sessions we’re determined not to miss. See...
Diversity and Inclusion
Matthew Syed and Manoj Badale on race, diversity, and how businesses can fuel progress
If you’ve been wondering how to attack systemic racism but finding it to be an invisible foe, then you’re in good company.
Resilience
5 things we learned about building resilience and agility from a distance
The current global health crisis means it’s never been more critical to help our people build resilience, lead through change and problem...
Diversity and Inclusion
Is racism in the UK really as bad in the US?
Bring up the Black Lives Matter movement or racism in the UK and you’ll likely see someone roll their eyes and say that the UK isn’t as...
Diversity and Inclusion
5 main types of privilege
Behind every privilege is an imbalance of power. It’s invisible to those who possess it and ever-present for those who don’t.
News
Most influential culture leaders to follow in 2020
We live in an age of always-on transformation. Every year, every week, every day the rate of change is accelerating and people are struggling to...
News
3 ways to create a lasting learning culture
There’s a compelling argument that says forced learning and training programmes that come from the top-down just don’t work. In order to get...
News
International Women’s Day 2020: 8 inspiring organizations making progress on gender equality
The United Nations started celebrating International Women’s Day, a focal point in the movement for women’s rights, in 1975 – sixty-five...
News
In emergencies, knowledge exchange is power
A peer of ours – Michael Brodie, Chief Executive at the NHS Business Services Authority – recently shared this article with us that he wrote...
Leadership
In Conversation: Sir Clive Woodward and Charles Mindenhall reflect on lessons from past crises
Back when companies and countries began to enter lockdown in varying stages across the globe, it seemed one of the biggest challenges our...
Resilience
3 things we learned about increasing connectivity through covid-19 and beyond
In our current climate, streamlining our communications channels, helping our employees remain connected, and enabling collaboration at...
Innovation
3 simple steps for designing learning people LOVE
In our recent blog post, ‘Why no app will rule them all’, we talked about the downfall of the ‘Mega Hub’ — the system that does...
News
3 key trends from Fosway’s 2021 Learning Systems report and why they matter
Fosway Group are Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst and their 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems report 2021 has landed.
Diversity and Inclusion
Introducing Inclusion Works – a new podcast from Hive Learning
At Hive Learning, our focus has always been on helping organisations adopt the behaviours critical for growth.
News
10 critical findings from McKinsey and LeanIn’s Women in the Workplace report
"To achieve equality, companies must turn good intentions into concrete action." That was the rallying cry from McKinsey and...
