#080 – Building Equity at Scale: DEI That Drives Business (with Celeste Warren)

In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, host Tim Borys speaks with Celeste Warren, former VP & Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Merck, where she spent nearly 30 years building measurable, scalable DEI systems across a global workforce.

Celeste shares what most companies get wrong about DEI — and what it takes to make inclusion part of leadership DNA, organizational structure, and business performance.

💡 Topics Covered:

• How to measure equity in real business terms

• Why DEI must be led by leadership, not just HR

• The systems that drive cultural transformation

• Psychological safety as a performance advantage

• Why every employee shapes culture daily

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