As business leaders have hopefully heard by now, DE&I, or diversity, equity, and inclusion, are not just some of  this year’s hot buzzwords. They are  a critical part of a healthy workplace culture and have significant, concrete impact on an organization’s bottom line, having been proven to increase staff retention and productivity.

It’s all well and good to have stats and articles in your back pocket, but how to successfully embrace and support a diverse workforce and promote an equitable work space is another matter entirely. That is where DE&I consultants and keynote speakers come in. The diversity speakers featured here are experts when it comes to getting down the actual business of making your business more inclusive, providing insight into effective implementation strategies and important considerations for any leader wishing to guide their teams to greatness.

Voted one of the Top 100 Black Thought Leaders by BlackList100, top marketing, culture, and diversity speaker Omar Johnson is an entrepreneur and innovator. The former VP of Marketing at Apple and CMO at Beats by Dre, he shares his insights on how organizations can promote diversity by making conscious decisions in their marketing and branding efforts.

Top leadership and diversity keynote speaker Verna Myers is an author, activist, and cultural innovator. Dedicated to eradicating barriers to diversity in the workplace, she is the founder of the Verna Myers Company, a firm specializing in making the most difficult conversations around bias, cultural competence, and inclusion accessible to all.

Innovation expert and diversity speaker Tan Le is an award-winning inventor who has been recognized as one of the most influential Women in Technology. As someone who grew up as an outsider, she shares the insights she’s gained into how thinking differently and existing outside social norms can be an advantage.

Cynthia Marshall is a top DE&I speaker and the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. With an executive career that has seen her  leading teams at AT&T, the Dow Chemical Company, and the North Carolina State Chamber of Commerce, she has earned wide recognition for her ability to align employees and get things done.

Former CTO of Netflix Patty McCord is a top corporate culture and DE&I keynote speaker. She is on a mission to reinvent HR to help employees manage their own careers and ambitions, be more productive, and embrace the potential promised by diverse, inclusive workplaces.

Gabrielle Scrimshaw is a storytelling, leadership and DE&I keynote speaker specializing in social impact in the areas of economic development and governance. She is considered a global thought leader in indigenous leadership, and is regularly sought out for her insights by North America’s largest national media outlets and corporations.

The former Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Google, Wema Hoover is a top executive coach and culture curator who utilizes her experiences working as a black female leader to help drive businesses to realize the true potential of diversity to empower employees and better connect with customers.

Bestselling author, Harvard Business School Professor, and organizational change thought leader Tsedal Neeley is a top keynote speaker on diversity, equity and inclusion. An esteemed leadership speaker and educator, she regularly aids executives in scaling their organizations for the global work revolution.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a top DE&I keynote speaker, writer, broadcaster, and activist. Recognized as a Young Australian of the Year, she is a sought-after advisor and speaker on issues of social justice, specializing in the intersection of race, gender, and faith.

DE&I thought leader Marcus Collins is an award-winning advertiser and diversity speaker whose expertise lies in the art of virality and cultural contagion. When he’s not helping organizations capitalize on pop culture trends and social media for their marketing campaigns, he’s teaching at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

This article was originally published by BigSpeak on Apr 29, 2022.