We are delighted that for a second year running, PILAA has won the Best DE&I Training Provider 2025, of the SME Greater London Enterprise Awards.
At a time when the world is going through a tense transition of values, in the struggle for the good parts of humanity that each and all of us stand for, having such a recognition only amplifies that equality, diversity and inclusion work, has, and will continue to be the bedrock of any successful organisation, let alone society.
There was a fear at the start of the year, that ED&I work and the many initiatives that are embodied through these practices, would be forcibly removed by disingenuous forces. Some out of fear, and others out of a lack of budget and cuts, were rolling back on their ED&I initiatives, or changing the dialect, having to operate in stealth mode.
Today however, the tides are beginning to change. The tensions we are facing in society, and in our communities (however you may describe community), trickle down into our workforces and everyday lives.
With this award, it is a bittersweet reminder of the need to take off the lid, to the pressure cooker that we are all in, through continuing to support, advocate and champion for equality, equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging, wellbeing and all of the associated virtues of this work, whether seen, unseen or felt.
We thank all of you for being part of PILAA’s journey, to our ED&I friends and partners, and also to our wonderful team on this achievement. Our work unwaveringly continues.
We leave you now with our recent Press to Workplace article Protest, Free Speech and the Workplace, for anyone who might be feeling the heat of how to tackle, constructively, these difficult conversations at work.
Dr Ope Lori, Founder & CEO