InclusiveMind - DEI Culture Index
AI-powered inclusion coaching for everyday workplace communications
Overview
InclusiveMind is an AI-powered Diversity, Inclusion & Soft-Skills companion designed to embed real-time, privacy-first inclusion coaching directly into employees' everyday digital communications - no compliance dashboards, no surveillance.
The Vision
To empower individuals to foster more inclusive, culturally aware workplaces by delivering real-time, personalised insights that quantify inclusion in communication and enhance empathy, tone, and bias awareness.
Problem Discovery
Existing DEI solutions focus on compliance dashboards and top-down mandates. They measure organizational metrics but fail to help individual employees improve their day-to-day communication. Through primary research with 200 HR respondents across 50+ enterprises and extensive literature review, we validated that the gap is at the individual interaction level.
Product Design
Built a hybrid AI scoring engine combining keyword analysis with LLM inference across 12 inclusion factors. The D&I Culture Index (0–5 scale) provides calibrated, explainable scores with an LLM Copilot for personalized coaching integrated directly into Teams and Outlook.
- Hybrid AI scoring engine (Keyword + LLM) across 12 inclusion factors
- D&I Culture Index (0–5 scale) with calibrated score ranges
- LLM Copilot for personalised coaching in Teams/Outlook
- Privacy-first architecture - no surveillance, no compliance dashboards
- Applied 12 academic frameworks to product scoring design
Competitive Landscape
Benchmarked 4 competitors and mapped clear whitespace opportunity. Unlike existing tools that focus on organizational-level analytics, InclusiveMind operates at the individual communication level with a privacy-first approach - a positioning that aligns with a $30B market growth opportunity.
Outcome
Won the D&I category at Microsoft Security Hackathon 2024. Demonstrated technical feasibility with a working scoring prototype. Scoped MVP grounded in privacy-first, ethical AI principles with phased delivery and measurable milestone outputs.
App Screenshots
Dashboard - Communication intelligence overview with People Tracked, Category Scores, and Recent Communications
Key Impact
- 1Won Microsoft Security Hackathon 2024 (D&I Category)
- 2Validated via primary research with 20 HR respondents
- 3Built working scoring prototype with hybrid AI engine
- 4Mapped $30B addressable market opportunity