What I Do
My goal is to help your company or organization establish a robust diversity, equity and belonging system by implementing some or all of the following steps:
Establish sustainable employee resource or affinity groups to foster community, support, and representation for underrepresented employees.
Engage in cross-cultural dialogues with leadership, management, and individual contributors to build mutual understanding and improve workplace inclusivity.
Assess how a company’s culture, policies, and leadership structures can perpetuate systemic issues, including white supremacy and other inequities.
Work with HR and Talent Acquisition to develop and enact fair, transparent, and inclusive policies for hiring, retention, and promotion of employees.
Facilitate discussions and workshops on creating an engaged and inclusive workforce where employees feel seen, valued, and empowered.
Create comprehensive performance management systems to hold leaders, managers, and individual contributors accountable for meeting diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and practicing inclusive leadership.
Facilitate separate workshops focusing on gender identity, the use of pronouns, and fostering understanding of the queer community to create safer, affirming spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
Conduct workshops on disability justice to address accessibility, challenge ableism, and promote equity and inclusion for disabled individuals in the workplace.
Lead sessions on harm repair and harm reduction practices to address workplace conflicts, rebuild trust, and create systems for accountability and healing.
Mission
My name is Ryan Letts (they/them). I have 5+ years of experience partnering with multinational organizations across tech, government, entertainment, non-profit, government, and educational institutions. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Deaf Studies, I forged my accompliceship practice while working on conjunction with the Deaf community at a non-profit support Deaf and hard-of-hearing folks.
My goal is is to empower you and your organization to successfully create and sustain equitable, diverse, and accessible spaces and processes for all people to increase employee retention and engagement. By increasing emotional intelligence, accountability and self-correcting tools, we will breakdown unconscious and internalized biases to dismantle white supremacy and the dominating hegemonic system to create a just organization and world. My approach is one of understanding and compassion, not attacking and demeaning. I believe that we all have the right to be wrong, and once we know better, we can do better.
Testimonials
“Ryan's passion for diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace (and in the greater society) is unparalleled, and they have a tremendous talent for seeing gaps and suggesting programming, initiatives, tools, ideas, and resources to help fill them. Beyond that, they demonstrate such a willingness to get the work done - Ryan will do whatever is necessary to work…in order to help push forward any programs or ideas they have and to bring them to fruition.”
-Gigi Greene, Talent Innovation Events Manager
“Ryan is an accomplished and experienced DEI Consultant. They are well-read and make sure to stay current. What differentiates them from other DEI professionals is their in-depth knowledge of DEI for people with disabilities. This is an area that is not addressed by many. If you are looking for a passionate and well-rounded DEI Thought Leader, Ryan is the one!”
-Rachel Munyaradzi, DEI Expert & Change Management Consultant
“Ryan possesses qualities essential to making measurable change in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion work. They are not only knowledgeable but dedicated to being actively involved in DE&I education and best practices. Their sympathetic and natural approach to sensitive topics is met with an authentic confidence and command as a public speaker and teacher. Ryan facilitated a valuable group discussion around DE&I in tech with my ERG team. This session provided us with the education and tools we needed to create a roadmap for integrating DE&I throughout our organization. They are an asset to any company looking to make real measurable change around their DE&I initiatives.”
-Olivia, Demand Generation Manager
How do you prefer to partner with companies?
I work with companies several ways:
We work together through a series of 1 to 2 hour keynotes and workshops to establish a foundation for DEI best practices.
We contract on a guaranteed number of hours per month of DEI consulting, or on an as-need basis.
Interested in pricing? Let’s chat!
It all begins with a desire for change. Contact me to schedule a free 15-minute consult to get to know each other!