Do you know the difference between the social and medical model of disability? And could you give an example in 90 seconds? The difference is something like this: 👉 The medical model asks us to see disability as a problem located within the individual. In this view, the goal is to 'fix' or manage the person so they can live a more 'normal' life. You’ll often notice deficit-based language here – phrases like 'suffering from' or 'wheelchair-bound'. The power sits with medical

Once equality conversations move from policy into practice, something happens. The neat language of equality strategies gives way to something far more complicated. Organisations that pride themselves on doing good begin to encounter a messier reality – one where good intentions are not always enough. This is the story we explore in episode 4 of our podcast series, The Quiet Revolution . It begins with a simple observation from Mabinty Esho at Comic Relief. “I think everyone

This blog was co-written with Roger Kline , Research Fellow at Middlesex University Business School, and was originally published here . Racism in the UK has become more visible and, in some contexts, more openly expressed, including within public institutions such as the NHS. While overt incidents attract attention, racism is more commonly experienced through embedded organisational patterns - inequalities in recruitment, progression, discipline, speaking up, and everyday in