Introducing Dive In to Reverse Mentoring

The Dive In Festival is the “Glastonbury” Festival of the Insurance Industry for diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). Following on from the success of the festival and to enable continued promotion of DE&I throughout the year, the Dive In Festival 2023 September 26th-28th will be followed by Dive In to Reverse Mentoring. 

This new initiative is aimed at fostering connections between leaders across diverse segments of the Lloyd's market globally and individuals at all levels, allowing the sharing of experiences, perspectives and learning.

The aim is to foster continued learning and collaboration across the industry, promoting new perspectives, visions and skills to ensure the growth of diversity and inclusion across the industry.

This program will enable new generations working within insurance to also have their input and help drive the changing society norms. There is a constant and evolving need to adapt working practices, culture and ideas in the workplace and through the Reverse Mentoring, greater diversity and inclusion will foster growth and innovation in the industry.

Reverse mentoring is the process of senior leaders engaging with individuals at different levels within the industry, at a more junior level. This enables a shared learning experience with the goal of exchanging experience, knowledge, perspectives, and skills. It encourages professional interactions that break through communication barriers that form with rank, seniority, and generational differences.

Unlike normal mentoring, in these interactions it is the junior participant that takes the lead and mentors the more senior person.