Creating and Sustaining an Inclusive Workplace Culture using the 3 A’s
Increasing emotional intelligence for building an inclusive workplace is an often overlooked key ingredient for fully embracing and implementing DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging). When emotionally intelligent skills are the foundation for inclusive workplaces, not only does the workplace help every member of the workforce feel like they belong, it also gives them tools to be mentally healthy and fit. In this presentation, iOpening Enterprises (iOE) uses its unique 3 A's (Acknowledge, Ask, Adjust) framework - a tool to engage this intersection of wellness and DEIB for an inclusive workplace culture.
Attendees will leave with strategies to counter toxic workplace practices with compassionate workplace tools that promote equity and wellness. With stories and science-based tools for elevating your workplace into one that supports everyone’s mental and emotional wellbeing, the 3 A's strengths-based approach to an inclusive workplace will bring confidence to your journey building an equity-driven and wellness-focused workplace culture.
Session will not be recorded.
- Learn key strategies to build a more compassionate workplace in a systematic way.
- Gain a foundational understanding of DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) and how these concepts translate in practice in the workplace using wellness-centered approaches.
- Develop strengths-based and resilience-centered strategies to promote equity and wellness workplace-wide.
Dr. Isaiah Pickens (he/him) is a licensed clinical psychologist, national trauma expert, and Founder and CEO of iOpening Enterprises (iOE), a professional development company specializing in professional development and culture change at the intersection of mental health and wellness, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). In this capacity, Dr. Pickens has given numerous keynotes and workshops at events and organizations across the country. He and his team at iOE also work directly with organizations to create and sustain internal culture change at the intersection of DEIB and wellness, through the Elevate Work curriculum, supporting staff and coaching executive leaders.
Dr. Pickens has also developed the Bridge Trauma-Informed Culturally Responsive (TICR) Program, a robust professional development program for educators that provides a practical toolkit for managing youth traumatic stress responses in the school setting. Additionally, he has developed the Think Trauma curriculum to support justice professionals in operating in a trauma-informed way.
As former Assistant Director at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress—the coordinating site of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), and a former clinical assistant professor at NYU School of Medicine, Dr. Pickens has built a reputation as a national trauma and identity expert and shares practical science-informed lessons about mental wellness and equity with audiences around the world. He aims to continue working toward systemic change and unlocking people’s potential by moving the world from happy to healthy through psychological science.
Born and raised in Washington, DC, Dr. Pickens is a proud graduate of The George Washington University, Fordham University, and School Without Walls High School. He currently splits his time between his home in Los Angeles, CA and Washington, DC.
