Steve Dering to discuss mental wellbeing and biophilic design at the Kuwait Diversity and Inclusion Summit

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Direct Access Consultancy LLC is delighted to announce that our Director of Strategic Partnerships, Steve Dering, will be on a panel talking about mental well-being and biophilic design at the Kuwait Diversity and Inclusion Summit from the 5th – 6th February 2024 at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel, Kuwait.

Steve will be one of many speakers who will gather to promote awareness, understanding, and engage in meaningful dialogue around the topics of diversity, inclusion, and equity within workplace environments.

Profoundly deaf since birth and with over fifteen years of experience at a company with a team that consists almost entirely of disabled people (You guessed it, that’s us!), Steve will borrow from his personal journey as a disabled person to speak insightfully about several topics, including how having a disability impacts the experience of workplaces, ways that business owners can begin to increase diversity among their team, how to make the recruitment process itself inclusive, and methods to create more accommodating work environments in line with best practice standards of disability access.

In addition, Steve will touch on the exciting world of ‘biophilic’ design; an architectural concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions. Workplaces which incorporate biophilic design are becoming massively popular worldwide due to the many benefits they offer to both workforces and employers, such as their impact on physical and mental health,  as well as several other environmental and economic benefits.

Interested in attending? Register yourself and your organization on the official website here: https://dikuwait.com

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