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ATD's DEI podcast is released monthly, sponsored by OpenSesame and hosted by Eliza Blanchard. It features conversations with diversity, equity, and inclusion experts who share their insight on how talent development professionals can advance DEI at work.

Dec 13, 2021

Mark Fowler, CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, discusses how talent development professionals should handle the collision of holidays in December in an inclusive way, while also being mindful of religious diversity year-round.

Mark Fowler

Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding


Nov 15, 2021

Greg Jenkins, a United States Army veteran and Founder and CEO of Greg Jenkins Consulting, offers organizational best practices for including veterans in the workplace and discusses the value of lifelong learning in DEI initiatives. 

Greg Jenkins

Greg Jenkins Consulting LLC

DEI Volunteer leadership, Inclusion Allies...


Oct 18, 2021

Maria Ho, Manager of ATD Research Services, discusses the outcomes of the ATD research report, DEI&B Education for Employees. The findings shed light on the growth of DEI&B programs, why choice is important in DEI&B training, and how programs are dealing with filing and reporting complaints. 

DEI&B Education...


Sep 20, 2021

Sharon Boller, design thinking expert and training and development leader, shares her insight on how design thinking can be used to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion, and how to make the design thinking process itself more inclusive.

Sharon Boller

Design Thinking for Training and Development

Sharon’s Giving...


Aug 16, 2021

Britne Jenke, CPLP and long-time instructional designer, discusses how talent development professionals can adopt an inclusive design philosophy and make training accessible for all learners.

Britne Jenke

Inclusive Pixelation

Microsoft Inclusive Design Toolkit

Designing Accessible Learning Content by Susi...