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Sustainable Design as Human-Centric Design
Exploring sustainable design from a human-centric perspective. How do we ensure environmental goals support and enhance social well-being? Learnings from the High Line.
IDEA Terminology / Terminología de IDEA
A comprehensive guide to IDEA terms and concepts
Guía integral de términos y conceptos de IDEA.
Intersectional Wheel of Privilege
How do our overlapping identities shape our unique experiences? Explore Intersectionality through an interactive visualization and reflection sheet.
Bias Interrupters: For Experience Creators
As experience creators, how can we challenge our unconscious biases so that our designs and stories are inclusive? Here are some bias “interrupters” to try.
IDEA Ecosystems Model
An integrated IDEA framework for strategic planning and reflection. Explore this framework through a series of guiding questions.
Beyond Disability Pride Month: Disabled Content Creators to Follow
As Disability Pride Month draws to a close, here are disabled content creators to follow year-round.
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Global DEI Benchmarks
The GDEIB is designed to guide organizations to achieve best practices. The model with its 15 categories helps leaders and DEI professionals implement strategies that work as an integrated system.
The 15 categories, organized into four groups, cover the important elements that need to be addressed to create a world-class Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiative.
Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Benchmarks
Gallup
Global employee engagement declined to 21% in 2024, with managers experiencing the largest drop. This marks only the second decline in engagement in the past 12 years — a worrying sign for organizations already struggling with productivity.
Global employee life evaluations declined for a second consecutive year, with managers experiencing the largest drop as well.
State of the Global Workplace
PGAV Destinations
PGAV’s Voice of the Visitor 2025 marks a significant milestone—its 10th edition! Over the past decade, the travel and attractions industry has experienced remarkable shifts, but the fundamental motivations behind travel have remained steady. People still want to explore, connect with loved ones, and make memories.
Voice of the Visitor 2025
Accessibility.Works
A key claim is that their AI POWERED widgets provide ADA compliance and lawsuit protection. Yet according to UsableNet's 2023 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Report, the number of lawsuits last year that involved an overlay rose 60%. In fact, this report found that 30% of all state and federal lawsuit were connected to these overlays.
Why Website Accessibility Overlay Widgets & Plugins Fail Compliance
PGAV Destinations
VOV 2024 spotlights the attractions industry’s agility in responding to market changes. Among the key findings, 95% of respondents say they plan to visit attractions in 2024. Visitors also indicate a desire to visit a variety of attractions. Digging deeper, VOV 2024 uncovers visitor motivations, what aspects they value the most, and how their experiences contribute to their level of satisfaction.
Voice of the Visitor 2024
The Andy Warhol Museum:
Out Loud is The Warhol’s inclusive audio guide app. Learn about the pop artist’s life and art through different stories and a variety of voices.
Out Loud is designed to be inclusive of users across abilities
Out Loud: Making The Warhol Accessible
Burns Halperin Report
Museums have said time and again that they want to diversify their programs. But for a long time, progress was only measured anecdotally—an exhibition here, a press release there. That’s why we decided to crunch the numbers ourselves to find out exactly how much progress museums have been making in building programs that tell the stories of their own communities.
The Burns Halperin Report 2022
Equality Florida
Focuses on social justice issues critical to the transgender and nonbinary community, such as incarceration, violence, engagement with law enforcement, quality health care, and homelessness issues. In 2019 TransAction launched the TransAction Leadership Academy which has helped to teach transgender youth about advocacy and how to use their voice.
TransChat Video Series
Supplier.io
In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, marked by rapid shifts and supply chain volatility, the role of supplier diversity has become increasingly pivotal in helping to deliver diversified, inclusive supply chains that meet the needs of the business. This year’s report highlights today’s reality, offering valuable insights that are crucial in leading to results in this complex procurement environment.