The recent riots and racially-motivated intimidation across the North of the UK, and in Northern Ireland, has shown one thing very clearly; that inclusion training and 'awareness' in the UK is failing. For those who have to live in a marginalised experience, especially where their marginalisation is very visible, this isn't news. It isn't a surprise. Even for white British people who face marginalisation because of disability, economic status, sexuality, or gender identity, the fact that "inclusion and diversity awareness and training" typically only makes discriminative attitudes worse . As an organisation working in inclusive practice, we at The Productive Pessimist are obviously very concerned both about genuine inclusion, and the welcome and safety of all people who are able to behave with courtesy and open-mindedness to others, and about why traditional inclusion training isn't working. The primary issue we've observed is that traditional inclu
The Productive Pessimist offers life coaching and business consultancy both remotely across the UK, and in person in Great Yarmouth and Waveney, and central Norwich. Our corporate consultancy services focus on strategy, inclusion, growth and diversification, crisis management, and change management. We are lived experience specialists in neurodiversity inclusion, disability and mental health inclusion, and trans inclusion.