Meet the IIDEA
Council
Promoting Industry Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity & Accountability.
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The IIDEA Council is a not-for-profit organization with the goal of bringing industry professionals and organizations together to foster open dialogue, collaboration and develop solutions that create positive change in that areas of industry inclusion, diversity, equity and accountability.
OUR MISSION
To find new ways to create a culture of belonging that allows people and businesses to enable their freedoms and empower environments for today and the future.
OUR VISION
We help people and organizations achieve balance and harmony together.
OUR VALUES
Respect. Authenticity. Integrity. Support. Empathy.
LEADERS SPEAK
“Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty
and the test of our civilization.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Civil Rights Leader
WHY GET INVOLVED?
Wage Difference
A 10%-20% wage difference still exists between men and women in the marketplace.
Employees Are Speaking Up
40% of employees have cited unfairness in the forms of harassment, bullying, or stereotyping as a major reason they chose to leave a company. That is almost 1 in every 2 employees.
Workplaces Thrive With Diversity
60% of job seekers consider workplace diversity an important factor when considering employment opportunities, & more than 50% of current employees want their workplace to do more to increase diversity. (Source: Glassdoor)
Diversity Affects Revenue
Companies with higher-than-average diversity had 19% higher innovation revenues. (Source: Harvard Business Review)
Diversity Affects Performance
Organizations with above-average gender diversity & higher levels of employee engagement outperform companies with below-average diversity & engagement by 46%-58%. (Source: Fast Company)
Two-Dimensional Diversity
Companies with “Two-Dimensional” diversity are 45% more likely to report that they had captured a larger portion of the market, and 70% more likely to have entered into a new market in the past year. (Source: Harvard Business Review)
MEET OUR TEAM
Suresh Parmachand
Director, Strategy & Member Experience
“We believe it all comes down to reciprocity and how we treat each other. This means organizations and individuals being empathetic and working together towards a common purpose. We are all people of the same race, the human race and it’s our differences that make us stronger. The sooner we recognize this fact the better we will be.”
#weallbelong
Anjanette Takashima Brooks
Director, Mindfulness Programs
“We are the change. Not just as a collective, but also individually. We each own this. Inclusivity, diversity, equity and accountability is participatory… we must each enact and enable these pillars. It’s not enough to silently agree from the sidelines.”
OUR LATEST ARTICLES
We must take action to create change
#SayTheirNames Daunte Wright, George Floyd, Daniel Prude, Marvin Scott, Xavier Hill, Frederick Cox, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, Kurt Reinhold, Patrick Warren Sr., Carl Dorsey III these Black people are only a few on a list of victims who died at the hands of law...
LEADERS SPEAK
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Leader