The Heroworx Institute
Impatient Innovation
for work that won't wait
PEOPLE
Since (COVID-19), the predictions for skills gaps & radical shifts in how we live & work are no-longer five years away, they are here now. Training & retaining diverse talent is now a survival basic.
Patience isn't always a virtue
In a world where machines outpace skills, divides are widening and the weather is frightening … we’ve got work that won’t wait. We believe that when people are empowered and educated with design ability & technology, we can fast forward past brittle, anxious, non-linear & unfathomable environments to resilient empathetic, sustainable, equitable future for the sum of us not sum of us.
HOW ?
ENGAGE
Diverse talent for critical roles & meet transformation goals with game changing talent engagement & recruitment program research, design & deliver.
Engage our service designers to help research design & develop inclusive programs, systems or services.
EDUCATE
Diverse Interdisciplinary tech savvy talent with
DEIB-led HE / FE Bootcamps & MSc, Leadership Program Research, Design & Delivery
EMPOWER
A) Diverse talent with self belief & social reach with pastoral, positive psychology, empowerment program research design & deliver
&
B) Leaders, advocates & influencers of Diverse Talent with skills, toolkits & technology to deliver magnetic inclusive cultures of transformation.
WHY ?
We are driven by the potential of releasing vast untapped economic and social value of women and other under-represented groups through Technology education, empowerment to develop an sustainable economy and society for the sum of us not just some of us .
WHO ?
Diverse talent as well as HR DEIB, Talent & Skills , advocates and leaders of diverse talent within Government | public sector | industry | academia who need to grow a diverse workforce to transform in turbulent times
HOW ?
Advances in technology, such as AI, machine learning, natural language processing combined with EDI-driven design thinking and evidence based design can help organisations identify emerging patterns and trends, receive analytical insights and recommendations, and achieve systematic change at scale.
Our Partners & Collaborators
We have a strong track record in engaging with disadvantaged and difficult to reach groups through the design & delivery of DEIB-led Tech/Digital/Innovation/Sales skills bootcamps, accelerators & Gov funded IT Tech Sales skills programs for clients like GCHQ, Local Government, as well as developing a ground-breaking conversion MSc in Data Science Chester Uni & the Institute of Coding.
NO TALENT= NO GROWTH
INDUSTRY,
GOVERNMENT,
PUBLIC SECTOR,
& ACADEMIA ARE ALL SHORT OF DIVERSE TALENT TO TRANSFORM
Years of investing in technology over building skilled diversified workforces and inclusive cultures means organisations are struggling to drive cultural change, monetise or maximise innovation advantages or manage SWOT or PESTLE risks.
Mission critical talent & skills gaps
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54% the global workforce lack the digital skills to succeed. WEF
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44% projects hindered by staff retention Ipsos
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1,288,000 open roles rising at record rates ONS
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Gen Z 37% of 2022’s demand EDI evidence
Lost
profits & productivity
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Homogenous companies earn 2.5 x less cash flow per employee, are 35% less productive and earn 33% less EBITDA
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Mass resignations and recruitment issues threatening care, security & service provision, economic viability, and public safety.
Toxic
cultures
cost
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Execs face new & uncomfortable media focus.
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Hefty race & sex discrimination fines Tesla $15m. BNP £2m.
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27 EU impose a 40% quota for women.
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7% av. market drop a race/sex harassment.
Short on resource to drive DEIB & workforce
transformation
AI, APIs, cloud computing, social media, & mobile can speed up the pace of inclusive Innovation
Lightening pace & learning curves for everyone.
SUDDENLY ALL EYES ARE ON YOU
Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging , HR, Talent & Skills teams have been 'banging the digital skills & diversity drum' for years. But now CSUITE are demanding a diversified tech-savvy workforce STAT.
The good news is, we've now got a' Hot-Seat' at the Workforce Transformation table.
The not such great news is
Engage a
DEIB-DRIVEN trainer, program designer / or Bid / Bootcamp Partner
Flatten the Tech/
Transformation Learning Curve for HR, DEIB, Skills & Talent Teams
Deepen & diversify
talent pool with
DEIB-led recruitment
/ retention/ training
campaign/programs
LET US HELP YOU DESIGN & OVER
DELIVER
WHO WE SERVE
DEIB, HR&
Skills Teams
We will add value to your talent brand, narrative & value proposition that directly leads to a deepened pool of diverse talent to divert disruption.
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Access government funding to upskill & reskill talent.
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Get support to develop new & or deliver existing skills & talent programs
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Make a global impact /align to SDGs
Ethical Diverse
Ambitious People
We help you build sought after valuable skills, network, a winners mindset & well paid meaningful work.
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Build confidence, skills, and a growth mindset in a safe, accessible and inclusive space
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Sought after interdisciplinary soft / technical / domain skills
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Align Personal & professional
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Build Self-belief
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Grow social capital, personal brand & social proof
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Find Purpose & Meaning , make a global impact /align to SDGs
Humanity &
Our Planet
The untapped value of woman and underrepresented groups are Empowered as Quadruple Bottomline leaders....
who
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serve people,
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align to purpose,
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steward the planet, and
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sustain profits,
who’s practice and impact also works to eradicate poverty, inequality and climate change.
We all win.
F.U.T.U.R.E METHOD
We recognise that digital tech, AI & data science are no silver bullets that will alone radically transform business or society.
However, our theory of change and delivery vehicle F.UT.U.R.E is underpinned by educating , empowering and employing quadruple driven leaders focussed on driving value whilst prioritising
PEOPLE | PLANET
PURPOSE | PROGRESS
OUR FOUNDER
Best Selling Author | Educator |AI4Good Founder | Diversity in Tech Warrior | Unpaid Mom Taxi
Embracing her Tech4Good founder journey, global M&A experience, successful startup and exit background, as well as overcoming her own challenges to succeed as a diverse & multicultural successful working mother.
Natalie is dedicated to helping orgs overcome 'baked in' bias and bridge the skills & diversity gap in tech. Recruiting & retraining 1000’s women, diverse people for in-demand Tech role in Gov, GCQH, Universities & Enterprise.
Seeing first hand how exposed orgs are to the risks from unintentional discrimination, exclusion or offence to those they need to engage gave her the motivation to turn passion into action.
Natalie Jameson
‘Equality is the presence of opportunity and ability, not just the absence of discrimination’.
The Fix & Philosophy
Join us in creating vibrant cohesive creative companies, communities and thriving economies.
