
Inclusive
Explore resources to build your Inclusive competencies –
Inclusive:
To ensure diverse viewpoints and knowledge are included and respected in the engineering process and outcomes.
Creative collaborator
Mindset
A creative collaborator seeks opportunities for experimenting, partnership and collaboration at all levels and with a broad range of actors who represent a range of perspectives, worldviews, demographics, and expertise to accelerate progress and find inclusive, evidence-based solutions.
Relevant terms: Empathy, respect, openness, receptivity, self-awareness, teamwork, co-creating, relationship building
Diversity, equity & social justice
Knowledge
Applying understanding of the definitions and relationships between diversity, equity and justice helps to nurture a true sense of belonging for all. You gain understanding of the power and necessity of inclusive approaches in shaping better project outcomes and cultural practices within engineering.
Relevant terms: Self-awareness, cultural / contextual awareness, equality impact assessments
Facilitation
Skill
A skill of facilitation helps you to respond to people’s right to participate in designing the world around them by using participatory methods. You listen actively, engage with (rather than talk at) people, and deal with the complexity of collating multiple insights to inform decisions.
Relevant terms: Multidisciplinary, communication, stakeholder engagement, co-design, co-creation