DE Talk | Strategies for Disability-Driven Innovation & Growth
Season 7 • Episode 3
How can disability inclusion fuel talent acquisition, employee retention, and long-term organizational growth? In this episode, disability strategist Bob Ludke shares actionable insights for HR leaders, talent acquisition professionals, and HR executives seeking to transform workplace culture and build competitive advantage through inclusion. Bob explores how psychological safety and inclusive leadership unlock innovation and strengthen employee engagement. Drawing from case studies featuring market leaders, he illustrates how organizations are embedding disability inclusion into talent pipeline development, reshaping the employee value proposition, and driving measurable ROI in workforce optimization.
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DE Talk Unplugged: Your Role in a Disability Inclusive Culture, No Matter Your Title
When it comes to recruiting, hiring, and retaining individuals with disabilities, most of the work happens in the middle. After onboarding, do your processes, communities, or culture make your employees feel a sense of belonging? Regardless of your title, everyone...
DE Talk | Your Role in a Disability Inclusive Culture, No Matter Your Title
Season 7 • Bonus Episode
Develop skills in furthering disability inclusion in the workplace—irrespective of your title or position on an organizational chart. To be an employer of choice for people with disabilities, you must have a disability-inclusive culture. Tune in to this episode, recorded at DEAMcon25, to explore how to build a foundation or elevate your efforts to influence change and reduce the stigma that many people with disabilities face in their employment journey. Gain an understanding of the disability inclusion journey, from the role of an individual contributor to the enterprise, and learn from case studies that illustrate how to be a change agent in helping companies overcome various internal barriers to becoming disability inclusive.
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How Are Some of the Nation’s Top Employers Using AI in Recruitment?
In today’s technologically dependent world, you’re hard pressed to go a day without using some form of AI–even if you don’t realize it. And while workplaces strive to work more efficiently, you may find your teams consciously implementing AI into your daily processes....
DE Talk Unplugged | Labor Law Poster Compliance: What Every Employer Must Know
Labor law posters are one of those things you can order once, stick to the break room wall and forget about, right? In this episode of the DE Talk podcast, Al Contrera and Ed Buenaventura from the Labor Law Center set the story straight by discussing both federal and...