Project Libra: Empowering Inclusion and Diversity for UK economy recovery

Libra 项目：增强包容性和多样性，促进英国经济复苏

• 批准号: 78873
• 金额: $ 22.28万
• 依托单位: ELIXIVITY LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=78873
• 关键词: Project; Libra; Empowering; Inclusion; Diversity

Diverse and inclusive companies report higher innovation, productivity and employment engagement leading to increased business productivity. However, COVID-19 has had a drastic impact on workplace D&I strategies and ultimately the UK economy. Mortality rates, socioeconomic factors such as employment have all been affected with minority groups, women, younger individuals and lower paid jobs being the most negatively impacted. A recent [Deloitte study][0] showed that bias and xenophobia has also risen with drastic impact on workplace inclusion.COVID-19's economic repercussions have led to businesses being unable to prioritise Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) initiatives due to insufficient best practices, ineffective existing strategies with tangible impact and a lack of resources. Deprioritising D&I is not a conscious decision as businesses require actionable insights to better understand the effects of D&I strategies on its workforce and therefore business performance.Project Libra (PL) aims to support the recovery and growth of the UK economy by determining optimal D&I strategies via its AI-driven, cloud based, SaaS solution. Companies urgently need integrated digital solutions, accessible remotely due to the current climate, in order to optimise D&I strategies. This will help companies and the public overall to better understand its workforces, maximise business productivity, talent engagement and create new opportunities for employment.PL will further advance technical improvements to its existing, proprietary AI algorithms to deliver a unique technology for business leaders to measure, adapt and monitor their D&I strategy in the most environmental and sustainable manner. Employers can use quantitative ways to visualise the positive impact of different strategies on business performance to optimise their D&I policies.In this project, D&I data will be collected, organised and analysed to strengthen existing proprietary datasets, indices for national and industry benchmarking. Scenario-based simulations will be provided to visualise optimised potential business outputs, in relation to D&I factors, to support data-driven decision making in real time.The output will be a commercially-usable prototype, via a novel business-to-business software solution that can be deployed in pilot testings across all sectors, to generate meaningful impact in real life operating conditions.PL aims to support the UK economy's growth and recovery following the effects of COVID-19 in the most environmental and sustainable manner. PL will use AI-technology to support businesses identifying their optimal D&I strategies, and therefore creating more diverse and inclusive workplaces. The output will ultimately lead to increased business productivity and innovation to counter COVID-19's economical repercussions on the public and country.[0]: https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/About-Deloitte/gx-thrive-tal-start-employee-education-training-in-crisispdf2.pdf

多元化和包容性的公司报告说，创新、生产力和就业参与度更高，从而提高了企业生产力。然而，COVID-19对工作场所的D&I战略产生了巨大影响，并最终对英国经济产生了影响。死亡率、就业等社会经济因素都受到影响，少数群体、妇女、年轻人和低薪工作受到的负面影响最大。德勤（Deloitte）最近的一项研究表明，偏见和仇外心理也有所上升，对职场包容产生了巨大影响。2019冠状病毒病的经济影响导致企业无法优先考虑多样性和包容性（D&I）举措，原因是最佳实践不足，现有战略无效，无法产生切实影响，而且缺乏资源。降低D&I的优先级并不是一个有意识的决定，因为企业需要可操作的见解来更好地理解D&I战略对其员工和业务绩效的影响。Libra项目（PL）旨在通过其人工智能驱动、基于云的SaaS解决方案，确定最佳的D&I战略，从而支持英国经济的复苏和增长。为了优化D&I战略，公司迫切需要集成的数字解决方案，由于当前的气候，可以远程访问。这将帮助公司和公众更好地了解其劳动力，最大限度地提高业务生产力，人才参与和创造新的就业机会。pl将进一步推进其现有的专有人工智能算法的技术改进，为商业领袖提供一种独特的技术，以最环保和可持续的方式衡量，适应和监控其D&I战略。雇主可以使用量化的方法来可视化不同战略对业务绩效的积极影响，以优化他们的D&I政策。在这个项目中，D&I数据将被收集、组织和分析，以加强现有的专有数据集、国家和行业基准指数。将提供基于场景的模拟，以可视化与D&I因素相关的优化潜在业务输出，以支持数据驱动的实时决策。通过一种新颖的企业对企业软件解决方案，输出将是一个商业可用的原型，可以在所有部门的试点测试中部署，以在现实生活的操作条件中产生有意义的影响。pl旨在以最环保和可持续的方式支持英国经济在COVID-19影响后的增长和复苏。PL将利用人工智能技术支持企业确定最佳的D&I战略，从而创造更加多元化和包容性的工作场所。产出最终将导致企业生产力和创新的提高，以应对COVID-19对公众和国家的经济影响。[0]: https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/About-Deloitte/gx-thrive-tal-start-employee-education-training-in-crisispdf2.pdf