In this July 2025 article published in the Mandarin, Dr Katie Spearritt reflects on a recent education program for Victorian public sector board directors, highlighting the shift from diversity to true inclusion. She underscores the importance of inclusive leadership as a governance imperative, noting how honest, reflective conversations helped directors recognise unconscious bias, challenge exclusionary behaviours, and build more inclusive board cultures.
In light of recent backlash against gender equality in the workplace, Dr Katie Spearritt says such resistance is unsurprising during times of change. She emphasises the importance of building empathy through storytelling and using data transparently to help address the backlash and build support for gender diversity targets, as shared in this Australian Financial Review article from November 2024.
In this August 2023 article by The Next Step, Dr Katie Spearritt emphasises the need for bold, authentic leadership and strategic action in DE&I. She urges organisations to move beyond tokenism by embedding inclusion into their core policies, valuing diverse perspectives, and using storytelling to foster empathy and drive lasting cultural change.
Dr Katie Spearritt notes a significant shift toward more strategic, thoughtful, and holistic diversity efforts. She points out that organisations are now expanding their focus beyond workforce diversity, using their brands and community engagement to drive broader societal change. Read more in this May 2023 Australian Financial Review article.
Dr Katie Spearritt was interviewed about how small retail businesses in Australia can strengthen their practices to adapt to the diversity of customers in this article for Retail World March 2023 magazine.
A range of practical tips for architecture and design firms to reduce unconscious bias in hiring and client interactions are shared by Dr Katie Spearritt in Architecture Design Review.
Dr Katie Spearritt says the area of diversity and inclusion has shifted from being seen as a HR responsibility to a core business strategy in this interview published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
‘The first step to tackling diversity in marketing is from within’, says Dr Katie Spearritt in her article on diversity for the United Kingdom’s Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)’s international magazine for members, Catalyst, issue 1 2019.
CEO, Dr Katie Spearritt, was interviewed for this article ‘Lessons for business from the ball-tampering scandal’ in the Australian Financial Review, April 2018
In AdNews, Dr Katie Spearritt, says that while Australia’s media and marketing industry has long used unconscious bias to drive consumer behaviour, it must now confront those same biases internally to truly advance diversity and inclusion.
In this webinar by Learning Seat Australia on ‘Creating an Inclusive Workplace‘, Dr Katie Spearritt discusses four foundations for creating more diverse and inclusive workplaces.
Diversity of thinking approaches is important for decision-making. But it doesn’t mean ‘anything goes’ when expressing views, as the famous Google memo example highlighted. This article in the Australian Financial Review includes comments from Dr Katie Spearritt.
Read how HR leaders are putting D&I theory into action in this interview with Dr Katie Spearritt with Peoplecorp.
Dr Katie Spearritt was interviewed about how diverse teams are helping the Project Management profession – for Project Manager, the official membership magazine of the Australian Institute of Project Management.
Dr Katie Spearritt’s article on ‘How to promote diversity in the workplace‘ features in this publication from the Australian Institute of Management.
Gender imbalance in senior financial roles among Australia’s 100 biggest listed companies is the focus of this article, featuring an interview with Dr Katie Spearritt.
- Feature article on the importance of board diversity, with comments by CEO, Dr Katie Spearritt.
- This article about recruitment bias by Katie Spearritt was published in Women’s Agenda, May 2014.
- Dr Katie Spearritt is one specialist quoted in this article about the dangers of groupthink, from EY’s global magazine Reporting, October 2013