Corporate CEOs join the fight for disability inclusion

<p>Over 1.3 million people worldwide live with a disability. Yet for too long, their rights and opportunities in the workforce were left from the diversity inclusion agenda.</p> <p>Caroline Casey is the founder of The Valuable 500, a global movement putting disability on the business leadership agenda of the world’s national and multinational private-sector corporations. To date, the CEOs of over 440 companies have committed to The Valuable 500 initiative, including Google, Fujitsu, Microsoft, and Unilever.</p> <p>In episode #11 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, Caroline shares her journey from “the disability closet” to C-suite corporate offices. Caroline speaks on the leverage of CEO commitment to disability inclusion, the dramatic situation shift under COVID, and the challenges and opportunities ahead – with a special message for today’s business school students.</p> <p><strong>Links to Caroline Casey, The Valuable 500, and noted initiatives</strong></p> <ul> <li>On Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/docstefflbauer">https://twitter.com/carolinebinc</a></li> <li>On Instagram: <a href= "https://instagram.com/carolinecaseyhere">https://instagram.com/carolinecaseyhere</a></li> <li>Website: <a href= "https://www.thevaluable500.com/">https://www.thevaluable500.com</a></li> <li>TEDWomen 2010: <a href= "https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_casey_looking_past_limits">https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_casey_looking_past_limits</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Nippon Foundation and The Valuable 500: <a href= "https://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/news/articles/2021/20210201-53268.html"> https://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/news/articles/2021/20210201-53268.html</a></li> <li>World Economic Forum and The Valuable 500: <a href= "https://www.weforum.org/our-impact/closing-the-disability-inclusion-gap-through-the-power-of-business-leadership"> https://www.weforum.org/our-impact/closing-the-disability-inclusion-gap-through-the-power-of-business-leadership</a></li> <li>Documentary “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution:” <a h