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Katya Veleva
Katya Veleva - Inclusion, Equity & Diversity within Construction
Katya Veleva is the founder of Blushcloud, a diversity and inclusion consultancy and coaching practice, with a background in architecture and BIM.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Blushcloud
- Location
- United Kingdom
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0095 · Architecture Social
Katya Veleva - Inclusion, Equity & Diversity within Construction
In this episode, I am joined by the fantastic Katya Veleva, who has a background in Architecture & BIM and is now an Inclusion, Equity and Diversity consultant and a qualified coach and mentor. Join us for an open discussion about being gay in the Architecture industry, what it means to be truly inclusive and diverse in a workplace as well as what are the challenges and success stories of working with people as a coach on their own personal and professional journies.
Explore episode moments
Use the timestamps below to find each moment in the full episode.
- 05:00 · Katya Veleva's route from architecture and BIM · Audio only
- 12:00 · Coaching, mentoring and workplace language · Audio only
- 20:00 · Being gay in the architecture industry · Audio only
- 30:00 · What true inclusion means in practice · Audio only
- 40:00 · Organisational culture, recruitment and retention · Audio only
- 50:00 · Personal and professional journeys · Audio only
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Katya Veleva is the founder of Blushcloud, a diversity and inclusion consultancy that also provides leadership and career coaching. She began her career in architecture and moved into BIM and digital construction, before focusing on inclusion, equity and diversity work.
Katya works across learning and development, inclusive leadership, change management and employee resource groups, and she is a qualified coach and mentor. She has mentored since 2009, created the Women in BIM mentoring scheme, and mentored through the Stephen Lawrence Trust, now Blueprint for All. She brings the lived experience of being a queer immigrant woman in construction to her work on workplace culture and belonging.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Inclusion, Equity and Diversity in Construction ft. Katya Veleva.
The practice
Blushcloud
Blushcloud is a diversity and inclusion consultancy and leadership coaching practice founded by Katya Veleva, working across the built environment.
Architecture practice · United Kingdom
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Blushcloud
- Location
- United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2021
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