Ingrid Tappin is a strategist and systems thinker with over a decade of experience working at the intersection of leadership, organisational change, and identity.<\/p>\n
She is the founder of Diverse Leaders in Tech, a European leadership platform partnering with organisations such as Booking.com, Google, Just Eat Takeaway, Remote, and other international scale-ups and institutions. Through this work, she has supported hundreds of leaders navigating growth, inclusion, and transformation under real-world pressure.<\/p>\n
Before founding her own ventures, Ingrid worked as a senior manager at Accenture in Talent & Organization and co-founded a SaaS start-up, giving her both corporate and entrepreneurial perspectives on leadership decision-making.<\/p>\n
Alongside her entrepreneurial work, Ingrid has been affiliated with the NeuroLeadership Institute and as a guest lecturer at Nyenrode Business University. Her thinking is grounded equally in research and lived experience: sharp, human, and strategic, without slipping into activism or simplification.<\/p>\n
Her forthcoming book, ‘Exceptionals: How to Turn Identity into Your Greatest Leadership Advantage’, introduces her framework to a broader audience and positions Identity Intelligence as a necessary evolution in leadership thinking.<\/p>\n
Born in Barbados, raised in the United States, and educated in the Netherlands, Ingrid works internationally and is known for her ability to translate across cultures, systems, and leadership contexts.<\/p>\n
Known for a speaking style that is intellectually sharp yet deeply human, Ingrid has a unique ability to challenge familiar assumptions without alienating the room.<\/p>\n
Ingrid\u2019s work is not about inclusion as an initiative. It is about leadership as capacity. The question she helps organisations answer is:<\/p>\n
What kind of leadership does this moment require \u2013 and what intelligence are our current models failing to recognise?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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