Screen showing a hand drawing and writing the content for "What is Inclusion & Why is it Important?"

Building an inclusive Federal workforce with engaging training video

A Live Animation on Diversity and Inclusion

A live animation for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

OPM’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is responsible for providing a coordinated Government-wide diversity and inclusion initiative that provides all Federal agencies with strategies and best practices to make all Federal workplaces diverse and inclusive. Through a contract with OPM’s USALearning division, ODI contracted with PowerTrain to create a diversity toolkit for agencies that includes a 12-minute “The New IQ (Inclusion Quotient): Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace” live animation. This creative whiteboard animation brings critical information and techniques on diversity and inclusion to life in a humorous and engaging way. The visually engaging hand-drawn animations pull the adult student in to better understand complex concepts. Closed captioning provides accessibility and compliance with Section 508 standards. More than just raising awareness, as many diversity and inclusion programs do, this learning solution provides managers with specific skills to:

  • Address diversity-related concerns consistent with the organization’s philosophy and policy.
  • Foster an inclusive climate that improves organizational performance factors such as speed, efficiency, creativity, innovation, motivation, and corporate image.
  • Explore unconscious biases in how employees relate to each other.
  • Leverage inclusive intelligence for engagement, innovation, and collaboration.
  • Learn the five habits of inclusive leadership and the three steps to create new habits.

The New IQ Live Animate provides the Federal Government with a cost-effective and quick way to educate and encourage Federal leaders and employees to embrace inclusive behaviors that improve employee engagement within their respective workplaces. It provides managers with awareness, knowledge, and skill readiness to enable individuals and groups to contribute to their fullest potential.

The New IQ refers to inclusive intelligence, and the New IQ Live Animate was designed around data from 20 questions identified through a rigorous factor analysis trial of OPM’s Employee Viewpoint Survey (EVS) questions. These 20 EVS questions had the highest correlation to inclusive environments of the 87 questions tested. The 20 questions are grouped into the five habits of inclusion, “F.O.C.S.E” (Fair, Open, Cooperative, Supportive, Empowering) that are taught in the New IQ Live Animate. Furthermore, the 20 EVS questions are referred to in the New IQ Live Animate as “behaviors.”

Delivering transformation to the Federal workforce

Since the inception of the New IQ Live Animate, ODI has shown quantifiable results:

  • Approximately 100,000 Federal employees have been educated on the importance of inclusion and its critical role in improving engagement and creativity.
  • The learning animation has received an average satisfaction score of 4.8 out of a possible 5.0 score!
  • The New IQ Live Animation has been a critical part of the Federal Government’s and the President’s Government-Wide Diversity and Inclusion Executive Order 13583 to build a more engaged and inclusive Federal workforce.

Approximately 70 Federal agencies have utilized the New IQ learning animation at no additional cost to the Government. The New IQ Live Animate has been used at numerous Government conferences, seminars, webcasts, workshops, training sessions, and meetings.

OPM’s ODI used the New IQ Live Animate as an integral part of a comprehensive diversity and inclusion training at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Because the New IQ Live Animate was designed for use across Federal agencies, and therefore, readily available, ODI was able to provide training when and where the FBI needed it. As part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI employs nearly 35,000 people around the globe. Thanks to the New IQ Live Animate, every FBI employee now has access to hands-on strategies and habit-changing techniques to increase inclusion and diversity at the FBI.

Because of the success of the New IQ Live Animate, after the training, the FBI decided to use the New IQ Live Animate to provide continued training to its staff and added a new live-animated piece on the importance of generational diversity. This training tool is making FBI employees aware of the importance of diversity and inclusion and providing them with specific actions to make a difference in the workplace.

Additionally, the New IQ has had a significant positive impact on all aspects of Federal employees’ perceptions and engagement. Recent Government-wide agency inclusion scores showed overall improvement in Federal employee satisfaction.

View 12-minute video below:

Sample Screens

  • Screen showing a hand drawing and writing the content for "What is Inclusion & Why is it Important?"
  • A hand drawing the content for the "Like-Me Bias" screen
  • Screen full of content illustrating many of the New IQ concepts and topics

Client testimonial

“The New Inclusion Quotient (IQ) Live Animate has had a significant positive impact on all aspects of Federal Government employee perceptions and engagement. Recent government-wide agency inclusion scores showed overall improvement in Federal employee satisfaction scores.

Since the inception of the New IQ Live Animate, approximately 100,000 Federal employees have been educated on the importance of inclusion and its critical role in improving engagement and creativity. The learning animation has received an average satisfaction score of 4.8 out of a possible 5.0 score. The learning animation has been a critical part of the Federal Government’s and the President’s Government-Wide Diversity and Inclusion Executive Order 13583 to build a more engaged and inclusive Federal workforce.

By leveraging the expertise and creativity of the PowerTrain team, ODI has enjoyed spectacular feedback, support, and utilization by Federal agencies across the board. PowerTrain performed exceptionally in executing this contract. Their team was professional, experienced, highly skilled, and friendly. They bent over backwards to meet the difficult expectations we required for this product. They gladly dedicated many more hours than required to accommodate our product requirements. They met all timelines, came in on budget, and provided a cost savings based on the final products rendered. Because of their creativity and innovation we are able to provide state-of-the-art diversity and inclusion training to Federal agencies at no cost to them.

I have never received better service from a vendor than I did from PowerTrain. I would not hesitate to work with the people of PowerTrain on another project. They were absolutely fabulous.”

— Bruce Stewart, ODI Training Director

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