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With a recent study showing that over half of the UK population are still afraid to talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace, this month's THUNK gets the conversation started, and looks at what we can do to create a working environment that feels comfortable enough to ask the tough questions.

   
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Equality, diversity and the deafening silence.  
 
  Copywriter, Valerie O'Connor, takes us on an evolutionary journey of the uncomfortable to help us understand what equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace really looks like.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emily recommends
 
  "My recommendation for this month is the Instagram account @_languagematters. It shares useful information and research on phrases and words that are embedded in our vocabulary, but sometimes have problematic roots."

Emily Willing, Art Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
  @_languagematters on Instagram  
 
 
 
   
 
 
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Unfashionably late
 
 
  Unfashionably late
 
 
  As Black History Month comes to an end, a panel discusses whether advertising is too late when it comes to diversity and inclusion, and what it can do to change. Read more
 
 
  #TimeToChange  
 
 
 
 
White privilege?
 
 
  White privilege?
 
 
  When a white friend asked Lori Lakin Hutcherson on Facebook to explain white privilege. She decided to be honest. Read more
 
 
  #Acknowledge  
 
 
 
 
Building better
 
 
  Building better
 
 
  LEGO has announced its commitment to gender equality by banishing all gender bias from its toys and marketing. But if you stand on one of the wee pieces, it still hurts. Read more
 
 
  #BarbaraTheBuilder  
 
 
 
 
And finally...
 
 
  And finally...
 
 
  As it's Halloween, and all are welcome, we'll leave you with The Order of the Occult Hand, a secret society of American journalists, who've been slipping a meaningless phrase into print as an inside joke since 1965.  Read more
 
 
  #SecretIsOut  
 
 
 
 
   
 
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