Yasir Mirza, Head of Diversity & Inclusion at the Financial Times walks us through his career and experience embedding diversity and inclusion values across different organisations.Having faced diversity and inclusion struggles during his childhood and early life, he stresses the importance of having a strong D&I department that makes people connect with the mission of an organisation and feel comfortable in the workplace. This is of special importance in the journalism industry, which brings together the opinions, ideas and stories from people with all kinds of backgrounds. He encourages young professionals who are looking for a career path in D&I to have courage and conviction in order to do work that caters for everyone and not just a selected few. Looking for a new guide to drive innovation and change?The Talent Show is a new podcast series from FT Talent, a hub of innovation from the Financial Times. Hosted by under 30s for under 30s around the world. Each episode we have important conversations for you and with you. We speak to experts in different fields, and bring you in to ask them your burning questions and delve deep into the topics that really matter to the younger generation today, find inspiring tips, analyse trends and bridge generational gaps. And we didn't just rely on our own curiosity - we invite our audience of bright students and early career professionals from all over the world to ask questions directly to our guests.The FT Talent Challenge is a competition from the Financial Times that invites bright young talent from all over the world to pitch solutions aimed at solving our most pressing business challenges. This podcast gives you a taste of the creative, educational and entrepreneurial atmosphere at FT Talent Challenges. FT Talent is a commercial division of the Financial Times.The FT Newsroom is not involved in its production. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.