A few weeks ago I travelled to Birmingham to take the stage at the British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2022 as a guest speaker working on behalf of Stryker UK. We had a very meaningful conversation about Diversity Equity and Inclusion, and what we all bring to the table in this complex conversation of our times. Inclusion is the absence of barriers. This is the clearest definition I’ve heard of this word, and one that speaks to the feelings of everyone, including white men, women, people of colour, and people of varying abilities, neuro diversities, genders, ethnicities, faiths, sexualities and others. It does not however come without a context, as civilisation is also based on finding common ground, and having some level of fair treatment across the spectrum of concerns. This episode covers the key topics that came up, and how we addressed them.