Inclusion by Design: Fixing the Systems Behind How Work Gets Done
Inclusion is often treated as a cultural initiative, but in reality, it is shaped by how organisations make decisions, define success, and distribute accountability.
This workshop moves beyond awareness and into execution, showing how everyday systems – hiring processes, performance management, approval layers, and leadership behaviours either enable or block inclusion at scale.
Using our experience in complex, fast-growing organisations, we’ll identify where inclusion typically falls short in practice and how to redesign core people processes to make fairness consistent, measurable, and sustainable.
Participants will gain a clear framework to identify gaps in their own systems and practical ways to fix them.
Key takeaways
- How to spot where your people processes unintentionally create exclusion (hiring, performance, promotions)
- A practical way to shift from values -> behaviours -> systems -> measurable outcomes
- How to make inclusion consistent across teams, not dependent on individual managers
- How to introduce lightweight governance and accountability without slowing teams down
- Where to start if you want to embed inclusion into existing processes (without launching another “initiative”)
BIO
Natalia Perkowska is a Talent Acquisition and People Operations leader who specialises in building hiring systems that actually work in complex, fast-scaling organisations.
With over a decade of experience across international technology environments, she has led global Talent Acquisition alongside Travel & Relocation, Events and Employer Branding, helping organisations translate growth ambition into clear, executable hiring and people strategies.
Her perspective sits at the intersection of hiring, organisational design and decision-making. She focuses on where well-intended people practices break down in reality — and how to fix them in a way that improves both business outcomes and employee experience.
Natalia is a regular speaker, panellist, and workshop facilitator, contributing to industry conversations on talent strategy, hiring and how organisations build sustainable, high-performing cultures
