Winner
Book Title:DEI and Me: What Grinds My Gears - From Frustration to Function
Author:David Otudeko
Published:2025
How is your book helping others?
"DEI and Me" helps people move beyond statements, targets and tick-box exercises to engage more honestly with diversity, equity and inclusion. It combines lived experience, practical insight and humour to examine why DEI efforts can become frustrating or performative, and what people can do differently. Readers have described the book as “straightforward, fearless and refreshing”, saying it brings “honesty, heart and sharp humour” to the subject. They have praised its “fresh clarity”, its ability to “inspire action and challenge your thinking”, and its practical advice on making a real difference. One reader said it would make them “a better person, a better employee and a better manager”.
One of the judges who selected "DEI and Me" as the winner of the 2026 Business Book Awards’ Diversity, Inclusion and Equality category said it went beyond textbook advice, sparked her learning and challenged her thinking. The book helps people turn good intentions into meaningful action.