About Us

Advoc8 is an impact-led consultancy. We exist to build inclusive organisations and a truly  meritocratic workplace. That’s our contribution to making the world a  better place.

An inclusive world starts in the workplace. We skillfully and  positively disrupt and educate the boardroom​ to help re-engineer  organisations to be more inclusive. 

We are committed to achieving  measurable change in the value added to organizations and to the wider  world. Rather than simply words on a page, these are lived by the team  on a daily basis. 

We bring together leaders with deep expertise in diversity and  inclusion, extensive leadership experience in the worlds of academia,  business and government, and strong capability in implementing  programmes in the public, private and non-profit sectors.

The name Advoc8 comes from the 8 lead consultants who are subject matter experts with lived experience in all of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010. 

Our theory of change was developed, tried and tested in the unparalleled environment of the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games. 

First, we  must understand the problem and define our own “why” in a way that makes  sense to us and our work. Second, we must take personal responsibility  for our own leadership. No-one else can lead for you. Third, we must  deliver – focus on concrete actions that are thought-through, personal  to us and make a measurable difference to those around us.

Advoc8 is recognised globally for partnering with organisations to deliver innovative, impact-led diversity and inclusion solutions. 

We bring together global leaders  with deep expertise in diversity and inclusion and extensive leadership  experience in the worlds of academia, business and government. Our  impact-led approach to inclusion has brought meaningful, measurable  change in the public, private and third sectors. 

We are passionate about benefiting the clients we work with and contributing to making the world a better place. 

We partner with clients across the  five areas that our research and practice tells us we need to get right  in inclusion work: strategy, data, governance, leadership and systems.

Our approach of Understand, Lead and Deliver ensures we skillfully and  positively disrupt and educate the Boardroom in corporations, academia, media and government to help re-engineer organisations to be more  inclusive.

Organisations tend to adopt one of three approaches to diversity and inclusion work. These approaches are either compliance (Diversity 101), PR (Diversity 2.0) or genuine embedding in decision-making (Inclusion 3.0). We cover the range but focus at moving organisations towards 3.0 and real impact – and we’re helping to craft the future world of Inclusion 4.0.

The ‘101’, compliance-heavy approach to  diversity and inclusion has been about attaining a minimum, not a  maximum. It tackles legal requirements and may include gender or ethnicity quotas. 

The reputational or marketing-led approach sees organisations begin to ‘take a stand’ in visible ways.

Our partner organisations go further and work  towards truly embedding inclusion in leadership behaviours. We call this  approach ‘Inclusion 3.0’. 

Taking things to the next level. We live in a  world of remote, dispersed workforces and rapid change. Inclusion is  becoming a digital imperative.