Diversity and inclusion professionals at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University created a new business model titled “Human Utility Business (HUB)” to innovate the sustainability of human energy exerted within diverse and inclusive operating environments. The HUB© blends Lean Six Sigma with strategic leadership to strengthen human talent and energy and the way the talent is resourced, and links velocity and exposure to a person's demographic elements to increase human performance to its highest sustainable end. Program participants are immersed in human to human (H2H) communities virtually (using 3D modeling) or in physical spaces in real-time to bolster their desire to be creative, productive, and to complete meaningful tasks that lead to sustainable and productive results. Hear how the HUB is used as a retention tool designed to improve the level of engagement participants have within their environment with special attention on the resiliency of under-represented populations.
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Dr. Robin Roberts
Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.
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Dr. Robin Roberts is the Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL. She has been in this role since February, 2013. The Office of D&I is integral to enhancing the overall education experience of students through development of, exposure to, and participation in academic and social programs that improves cultural competencies, social currency, and strategic human resourcing. Eight years prior, Dr. Roberts worked as the Director of Career Services (five years) and Director of the Office of Student Leadership and Activities (three years) at Delaware State University where she created a Leadership Institute, Student Employment Office, and Career Kinetics education. Her career spans 30 years of human resource leadership in banking, manufacturing, healthcare, and higher education. Dr. Roberts is a career coach specializing in talent acquisition, talent management, strategic leadership, diversity and inclusion, and professional development. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems, a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management, and a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership at the University of Phoenix. She received a certificate in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Villanova University in November, 2013. Her passion is in helping others grow personally and professionally and to fulfill their dreams.