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Binna Kandola

Binna Kandola

Binna Kandola OBE is co-founder and senior partner at Pearn Kandola, a business psychology consultancy specialising in diversity and inclusion. A visiting professor at Leeds University Business School, he has spent over 40 years researching bias, organisational culture, and leadership. He has advised global organisations including Microsoft, NATO, American Express and the World Bank. An award-winning author of 12 books, he was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to diversity. He has been regularly featured on the Asian Power List since 2020 and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Aston.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Culture, ‘micro-incivilities’ and invisible talent

    by Binna Kandola 14 May 2025
    by Binna Kandola 14 May 2025

    Professor Binna Kandola examines how ‘micro-incivilities’ create a workplace culture of invisible talent that is undervalued and overlooked.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Labour market

    Rethinking talent: Who was never considered in the first place?

    by Binna Kandola 7 May 2025
    by Binna Kandola 7 May 2025

    Beginning a new three-part series on how to make talent management processes inclusive and equitable, Professor Binna Kandola examines how...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Race discrimination

    Leaders must avoid cliches if black careers matter

    by Binna Kandola 16 Jun 2020
    by Binna Kandola 16 Jun 2020

    UK business leaders need to focus on action not messages if they truly want to effect change and improve fairness for black employees, warns Professor Binna Kandola.

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Furlough

    Give tasks meaning and lockdown monotony can be defeated

    by Binna Kandola 27 Apr 2020
    by Binna Kandola 27 Apr 2020

    Protecting productivity and decision-making during the lockdown means defeating boredom, argues Professor Binna Kandola

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Business continuity

    ‘Household, we have a problem’: Learning to work at home

    by Binna Kandola 14 Apr 2020
    by Binna Kandola 14 Apr 2020

    When working from home, how can we minimise the irritations of the 'capsule environment'?

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Business continuity

    We’re living in capsules now, but let’s take the positives

    by Binna Kandola 6 Apr 2020
    by Binna Kandola 6 Apr 2020

    We can compare our current experience to those of scientists stationed in the polar regions - yes, really.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Ethnicity

    How to tackle imposter syndrome and ‘modern racism’

    by Binna Kandola 20 Sep 2019
    by Binna Kandola 20 Sep 2019

    It's not unusual for black people and those from ethnic minority backgrounds to feel they don't belong in certain workplaces. Binna Kandola suggests ways of minimalising imposter syndrome

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Egg freezing
    • Family-friendly working

    Why we’re going further than freezing eggs

    by Binna Kandola 21 Oct 2014
    by Binna Kandola 21 Oct 2014

    Appebook’s new policy of paying for women to have their eggs frozen in order to boost the number of women...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Sex discrimination
    • Opinion

    Why current gender diversity practice is part of the problem

    by Binna Kandola 25 Feb 2014
    by Binna Kandola 25 Feb 2014

    Not a week seems to go by without some debate about the representation of women in business. But Binna Kandola...

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