Hello fellow bowlmates!

I’m a mid level employee in a consultancy firm of around 1000 employees, majority are white men, E.g. out of 136 partners in our London office, there are only 8 of them are women, and maybe 3 are POC.

I work in a close knit team of 50 people, and amongst 50 of us, there are only 5 POC. I have been asked by the partner in my team to propose something / some initiatives to bring in DEI to this immediate team.

What would you suggest? My ideas so far are in the comments!

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