Episode 07 - Inclusion and organisational practice with Dr Ryan Storr

02-08-2023 • 59 mins

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🎬IN THIS EPISODE🎬

This is episode 07 and today I talk with Ryan Storr to discover how he has been influencing inclusion in sport through research and practice in Australia.

🎙️ About our guest

Dr. Ryan Storr is a multidisciplinary researcher and consultant and is the Founder and Director of the Diversity Storr, a Melbourne-based diversity and inclusion consultancy. His PhD explored how diversity is understood and enacted within organizational contexts and has led several large scale research projects exploring LBTQI+ inclusion within sport and movement settings, and he is helped shape national and international policies and practices through that work. Ryan also founded LGBTQI+ sport charity Proud to Play.

🔎 Highlights

In today's chat, we hear Ryan's insights into what inclusion and diversity looks like inside organizations. Plus we chat about LGBTQI+ inclusion and hear about some of Ryan's groundbreaking work over the last few years. We also shine a light on an often overlooked issue that's faced by people with lived experience working in the inclusion field. 00:00 Introduction

04:12 Ryan's backstory

09:21 Ryan's motivations

12:30 Ryan's research

14:49 Inclusion in sport clubs

20:54 LGBT issues and homophobia

22:05 About Proud2Play

23:52 Ryan's LGBT work

29:15 What work still needs to be done?

34:21 Impacts of inclusion work on practitioners

44:25 About the Diversity Storr

50:44 Quickfire questions

54:36 Ryan's top inclusion tip