Blogs

Drawing on both lived experience and professional insight, enei D&i Lead Hugh O’Keeffe offers a practical and compassionate guide to moving past fear and towards proactive, inclusive dialogue in the workplace. It all begins with one essential step: having the right kind of conversation.

Discover upcoming DEI events hosted by Westminster Insight and Policy Insight Wales, featuring speakers from the enei team.

In this insightful reflection, enei’s D&I Lead Hugh O’Keeffe shares key takeaways from enei’s Beyond Accessibility event, weaving together personal experience with broader themes of inclusion, accessibility, and workplace culture.

A Q&A with the team at enei, leading the effort to drive change in your organisation. This spotlight features Dana David.

A Q&A with the team at enei, leading the effort to drive change in your organisation. This spotlight features Dionne Eldridge.

In this blog, enei’s Head of DEI Services, Natalie Jones, introduces the enhanced TIDE tool, helping organisations assess and improve their workplace culture.

In a time of rising anti-DEI rhetoric, enei CEO Sandi Wassmer shares a powerful firsthand account of transforming a struggling organisation into a thriving, inclusive workplace. Through values-driven leadership and a culture of psychological safety, she proves that a happy, harmonious team isn’t just good for people—it’s good for business.

Account Manager Sara Elmaki beautifully captures the essence of Ramadan as a time of reflection, gratitude, and renewal in her blog post.

A Q&A with the team at enei, leading the effort to drive change in your organisation. This spotlight features Hugh O’Keeffe.

Leadership today is no longer about authority and control; it’s about fostering inclusion, trust, and growth. In this blog post, Sandi Wassmer reflects on her journey to becoming an authentic, inclusive leader who inspires others to thrive.

enei D&I Lead Dionne Eldridge shares her insights from our financial sector roundtable, highlighting the challenges DEI professionals face, the importance of data in driving sustainable change, and the power of sharing best practices to build inclusivity across organisations.

enei Marketing, PR, and Communications Coordinator, Cathy Hudson, shares key insights from our recent legal sector networking roundtable, highlighting pivotal discussions on DEI within the legal industry.

A guest blog from Matt Parsons from Radius Networks on how ERGs drive diversity, innovation, wellbeing, culture, and business performance, shaping EDI strategies from the ground up.

We’re delighted to introduce you to a series of insightful articles showcasing our CEO, Sandi, exploring topics vital to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI).

Marie Clarkson from RNIB has written a guest blog which discusses the benefits of the Visibly Better Employer quality standard.

On 1 October 2023, the Prevention of Discrimination (Guernsey) Ordinance (2022) came into force, changing this Crown Dependency’s approach to workplace discrimination in a way that is unlike the rest of the UK.

With World Afro Day on the calendar, Cathy Hudson, enei’s Marketing, PR, and Communications Coordinator explores the significance of the occasion. Once associated with stigma and a sense of inferiority by some, the afro is an aspect of Black cultural identity that is now celebrated and admired.

Are we, as humans, a collection of walking intersections? Emma Jennings, enei’s Diversity and Inclusion Lead, explores the nature of our complexities—full of layers and experiences that shape our social identities.

In this blog, enei Diversity and Inclusion Lead Hugh O’Keeffe explores the ‘four-day work week’ and opportunities for employers and employees alike to open the dialogue in favour of getting the balance right. Hugh views the ongoing discussion through a personal lens of his own support needs, expanding our workplace flexibility beyond legal requirements.

In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, an intergenerational workforce may serve as a catalyst for success. This blog by Kali Bolawole, enei’s former Diversity and Inclusion Manager, explores how embracing diversity across different generations can foster innovation, productivity, and inclusivity within organisations.

enei’s CEO proudly reflects on the recent networking event held at the House of Lords, cherishing the opportunity for individuals to share their distinctive life experiences.

Recognising both the blessing and curse of being an unpaid carer, enei Content Editor Heidi Schwartz wonders if it’s possible for managers—or anyone, for that matter—to relate to this challenge unless they’ve gone through the experience themselves.

In this blog, enei Service Design and Operations Director Michelle Davies points out that efforts to support LGBTQ+ employees tend to accelerate before June Pride celebrations, but the elephant in the room is present all year. Can anything can be done to address the discrimination and erasure faced by bisexual (bi) and pansexual (pan) people?

As a diversity and inclusion (D&I) lead at enei, Hugh O’Keeffe is always on the lookout for innovative ways to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the workplace.

As the debate around being politically correct continues to heat up, enei’s Content Editor Heidi Schwartz ponders the purpose of proper pronouns.

Whether you are someone with a neurodiverse condition, an advocate or an ally, Neurodiversity Celebration Week really is time to celebrate. Our CEO Sandi Wassmer explains why.

In this blog, enei Diversity and Inclusion Manager Kali Bolawole describes her visit to Google’s Accessibility Discovery Centre (ADC) in London.

June 2022 marked 50 years since the first Pride march in the UK. Here at enei, we recognise the importance of celebrating this milestone and are commemorating the occasion by sharing some of the LGBTQ+ icons we admire.

In this monthly blog, our Commercial Director Darren Jalink shares his thoughts on the once in 30-year meeting of Ramadan, Pesach, and Easter in the 2022 calendar and examines how this sense of unity can relate to the workplace.

In honour of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, our CEO Sandi Wassmer shares her experiences of being a leader with ADHD.

For LGBT History Month, our CEO Sandi Wassmer explores what happens when LGBT+ rights and religious beliefs are in conflict.

For Holocaust Memorial Day, our CEO Sandi Wassmer shares her hopes for a world without discrimination.

After welcoming newly appointed Sandi Wassmer as CEO on 23 November 2020, enei asked Sandi to write about her experience with disability as this month enei raise awareness for disability within the workplace.

National Coming Out Day is an annual observance on 11 October to recognise and celebrate queer identities in order to decrease stigma, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia. In this blog post, Emma Jennings, enei Diversity and Inclusion Lead, explains how coming out can be tiring…

In this month’s blog, our CEO Sandi Wassmer reflects on the changes enei are making to open our organisation up to the widest pool of talent possible.

Every year, the month of June is celebrated as Pride Month. In honour of this, Michelle Davies—former Service Design and Delivery Director at enei—shares her personal thoughts about sexual orientation and identity.

In this month’s blog, our CEO Sandi Wassmer reminds us of the importance of giving voice to the lived experience of anyone who faces discrimination.