Bridge to Inclusion
“Together we can make a difference in the lives of those with disabilities and those who are neurodivergent through creating opportunity for meaningful, career-oriented employment. There is no better time for organizations to embrace this movement” Beam says.
CALABASAS, Calif. (PRWEB)
May 03, 2022
The winners of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring clean technology, innovative corporate initiatives, brave new designs for cities and buildings, and other creative works that are supporting the growth of positive social innovation, tackling social inequality, climate change, and public health crises.
Zavikon an employment agency, whose mission is to solve the unemployment/underemployment outcomes for individuals who are neurodivergent or those with disabilities through their innovative approach to educating and supporting companies in their efforts to include neurodiversity and disability hiring into their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs has won Honorable Mention in the Workplace category.
Now in its sixth year, the World Changing Ideas Awards showcase 39 winners, 350 finalists, and more than 600 honorable mentions—with climate, social justice, and AI and data among the most popular categories. A panel of eminent Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 2,997 entries across transportation, education, food, politics, technology, health, social justice, and more. In addition, several new categories have been added this year including climate, nature, water, and workplace. The 2022 awards feature entries from across the globe, from Switzerland to Hong Kong to Australia.
Fast Company’s Summer 2022 issue (on newsstands May 10, 2022) will showcase some of the world’s most inventive entrepreneurs and companies tackling global challenges. The issues highlight, among others, probiotics for coral reefs, easy-to-assemble kit homes for refugees or disaster survivors, a 3D printed vaccine patch, an electric truck, a system to heat homes from the waste heat of a name-brand factory, and prosecutor-initiated resentencing for overly long prison sentences.
Zavikon’s Founder & CEO, Rebecca Beam says, “Together we can make a difference in the lives of those with disabilities and those who are neurodivergent through creating opportunity for meaningful, career-oriented employment. With the unemployment/underemployment rate for this population being so high, this is both a social and economic issue. Zavikon has been created to help organizations hire and retain this incredible talent. With companies being challenged through the great resignation, there is no better time for organizations to embrace this movement.”
“We are consistently inspired by the novelty and creativity that people are applying to solve some of our society’s most pressing problems, from shelter to the climate crisis. Fast Company relishes its role in amplifying important, innovative work to address big challenges,” says David Lidsky, interim editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “Our journalists have identified some of the most ingenious initiatives to launch since the start of 2021, which we hope will both have a meaningful impact and lead others to join in being part of the solution.”
About the World Changing Ideas Awards: World Changing Ideas is one of Fast Company’s major annual awards programs and is focused on social good, seeking to elevate finished products and brave concepts that make the world better. A panel of judges from across sectors choose winners, finalists, and honorable mentions based on feasibility and the potential for impact. With the goals of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps them expand their reach to inspire more people to start working on solving the problems that affect us all.
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