FAQ

The term Inclusion is somewhat of an umbrella term that is used to describe different things and includes a range of topics.

IT’S UP TO YOU, by design, is tailored to fit an organization’s specific topics and needs. Some organizations might struggle with phycological safety in their teams, others with racism or discrimination. Others have yet to define an overall strategy on inclusion as a whole within the organisation.

By ensuring that the training is adaptable (out-of-the-box) to meet these different organizational needs, we ensure that we can help organizations make real impact on the area’s that matter most for them.

The IT’S UP TO YOU trainings are typically used at three different levels: (executive) Leadership, team/project leads and operational teams.

Depending on the specific team that undergoes the training, the types of outcomes and commitments made during the exercises vary. For example: While leadership related outcomes are typically aimed at the overall inclusion strategy and broader policies that affect the full organisation, operational teams are more focus on bottom-up collaboration, team safety & culture and and communication type commitments.

IT’S UP TO TOU consists of a 1/2 day team training that is either facilitated by our dedicated trainers (on location) or self-facilitated by teams (online).

The training contains 3 parts:

Employees start off by going through an immersive simulation, using their laptop/pc or VR headset. They experience the fictional story of a manager recounting different fictional events at the office. The viewer chooses how the manager responds in different situations and experiences the consequences of those choices. The simulation can play out in more than 80 different ways. Employees are encouraged to go the simulation 2-3 times and experiment with different choices.

In second part, the knowledge participants gained from the simulation is put to use in a group-based workshop. Participants are encouraged to reflect on their own attitudes and behaviors. They form a group consensus as to what they believe is needed to create a more inclusive working environment.

In the last part, employees define concrete and measurable initiatives that are needed to drive the change. They define KPIs, create a planning and assign ownership for the implementation on relevant levels within the organisation. The group also explicitly commits to buy-in for the change.

Immersive trainings bring multiple benefits. First and foremost, It allows participants to experiment with near real-life situations without actually having to experience them.

This significantly increases participant engagement and the willingness to talk about specific - oftentimes difficult to discuss) - topics. The experimentation part also ensures that participants experience a range of different perspectives, allowing them to talk about the topics in meaningful ways.

Participants also train faster, are more confident in applying what they learned, are more connected to the actual content and more focused. In addition, it can be a cost-effective means of experiential learning compared to bringing in professional actors on location. For more information, also see PWC’s study on VR learning.

For executive and key leadership teams, our professional trainers can provide a fully-facilitated 1/2 training with potential follow-up sessions if needed. We take care of everything on-site, from preparation to execution. It is a hassle free experience.

To scale the training towards other teams in the organisation, we offer a self-facilitated training. That means that employees (such as HR or team managers) facilitate the training for their teams themselves. We provide online access to the simulation as well as a comprehensive facilitation manual. In addition, we can provide on-demand support and train-the-trainer sessions.

No you don’t have to!

Using dedicated VR headsets is a great way to experience the interactive simulation, but rolling that experience out to thousands of employees can be a challenge.

That’s why we have designed the simulation from the ground up to be scaleable, so it also works on typical office devices (such as laptops, desktops and tablets). In addition, the group-based workshop excercises that follow the simulation can be run both offline as well as online.