Data-Driven DEI

STEP 5DEI Impact—Evaluate Results

Data is a mirror… of our biases and our realities.

DEI is a never‐ending journey.

Data‐Driven DEI—Step 5: DEI Impact

There has been a pattern throughout this book of combining quantitative and qualitative tenets:

• In Step 1: DEI Inventory, we saw how a good DEI assessment combines quantitative research methods (i.e., surveys) with qualitative research methods (i.e., interviews and focus groups).
• In Step 2: DEI Imperatives, we combined qualitative objectives with quantitative goals.
• In Step 3: DEI Insights and Step 4: DEI Initiatives, we leveraged promising and proven practices, to determine qualitative strategies and quantitative measures.

Here in Step 5: DEI Impact, we continue this pattern by presenting two important pathways to determine and demonstrate DEI impact. First, we dive into DEI data reporting, which leans more heavily on quantitative traditions and science. Most commonly in the form of DEI scorecards and dashboards, DEI data reporting is about gauging progress, determining impact, and engendering accountability for DEI performance. We round out this discussion with a focus on evaluating results and generating findings to comprehensively demonstrate DEI outputs and outcomes. As you will see, this discussion makes clear how re‐administering the same DEI assessment you identified in Step 1: DEI Inventory (or something comparable) ...