Leaders Make Predictions For 2019 And Offer Advice On What To Do About Them

This is the final of a series of three posts in which leaders reflect: in the first leaders recommended their book of 2018 and in the second considered lessons learned about themselves in 2018. "We will see renewed calls for diversity and inclusion to be placed at the heart of corporate hiring strategies to aid social mobility and avoid further social upheaval," state Euan Blair and Sophie Adelman, cofounders, WhiteHat The cost of inaction is too high. "If mainstream leaders in politics and business insist on carrying on regardless, I think it's going to be explosive," warns Helena Morrissey, founder of the 30% Club, and Head of Personal Investment, Legal & General There is, of course, real business rationale. "Stimulating diversity of thought is essential for businesses, their employees and society as a whole. Companies that don't promote diversity and inclusion in the widest sense will be left behind," adds Chris Grigg, CEO, British Land.