Ursula Tavender is a multi-award-winning equity strategist and co-founder of The Inclusive Workplace and Innovationin—two organisations at the forefront of building equitable workplaces where people and business performance thrive.
With over a decade of cross-sector advisory experience, Ursula partners with organisations to design and implement bold, inclusive strategies that deliver measurable outcomes—whether that’s closing pay gaps, reducing attrition, or driving innovation through flexibility. She is best known for co-delivering Pfizer UK’s award-winning gender equity strategy, which reduced the pay gap from 15.9% to 6.6% in just four years.
Through The Inclusive Workplace, Ursula has convened over 2,000 senior HR, DEI and wellbeing leaders via roundtables, conferences and podcast content, helping leaders stay ahead of the curve and accelerate inclusive innovation. A pioneer of flexible and hybrid working innovation, her 2018 framework for team-based flexibility has now helped hundreds of global teams unlock new levels of performance, inclusion and creativity.
In today’s fast-moving world of work, Ursula is also helping both individuals and organisations adapt with confidence. Through Innovationin, she and her co-founder Dagmar Albers help people develop visibility, confidence and direction— and futureproof their careers in the age of AI. They also guide organisations on people-first AI adoption strategies that protect equity and unlock human potential.
In Summer 2025, Ursula and Dagmar will publish The Visibility Advantage, a practical and mindset-shifting guide that empowers people to talk about their achievements with confidence, clarity—and none of the ick factor.
Outside of her advisory work, Ursula mentors young women through The Girls’ Network, helping those from underrepresented backgrounds build confidence, networks and access to opportunity.
Named one of HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinkers in both 2024 and 2025, Ursula is recognised for her ability to turn bold ambition into inclusive, lasting impact.
Whether advising FTSE 100 businesses, mentoring emerging leaders or shaping national conversations on inclusive work, Ursula’s mission remains constant: to remove systemic barriers to opportunity and ensure no one is excluded from career progression because of their personal circumstances.
Dagmar Albers is a strategic problem solver with over 25 years of experience guiding global organizations to harness the power of insights, innovation, and inclusive workplace cultures. Her expertise spans employee and customer insights, analytics, experimentation, and cultural transformation. She excels at designing and leading programs that deliver measurable, lasting change—going beyond reports to real-world impact.
As Co-Founder of Innovationin, Dagmar works with Ursula Tavender to build workplaces where fairness and belonging drive performance. They partner with progressive organisations to uncover and remove structural barriers, then design strategies and programs that dismantle them.
Before co-founding Innovationin, Dagmar built and led Pfizer’s Customer Insights & Experimentation Practice, delivering strategic consulting across all business units and functions. She championed a culture of data-driven decision-making, thoughtful risk-taking, and customer-first innovation — enabling brand teams worldwide to design strategies grounded in real-world insight, not guesswork.
Later, she led Pfizer UK’s award-winning strategy that slashed the gender pay gap from 15.9% to 6.6% in just four years — while boosting senior-level female applications by 14.4% and hires by 11%. The groundbreaking work earned two Innovation Awards for impact and originality.
Dagmar introduced and scaled new capabilities that helped teams turn bold ideas into business wins. From shaping ideation processes to embedding disciplined experimentation, she made it possible for teams to move faster, smarter, and with purpose. Her leadership didn’t just influence projects — it transformed how decisions were made and value was delivered.
Known for aligning diverse perspectives and energising teams, Dagmar turns complexity into clarity and ambition into action. Her mission: to make work a place where people thrive and ideas scale.
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