Inclusive Sourcing: Widening the Gate for Ireland 2.0

The founder of #WholeVillageHiring™ Seán Fay is a leading campaigner on the scope for supply chain inclusion to become a major aspect of the record investment by the Irish State in construction and infrastructure and that the legacy of such projects can be in careers and SME businesses as much as train tracks, networks and houses.

When it comes to repeatedly stated challenge for Ireland’s construction and infrastructure plans (#HireAndHouse)
“How are we going to house them?”
It too often starts in the wrong place, in 2022 250,000 empty bedrooms were listed in the CSO census for Dublin, yet just 5,000 are in the Revenue’s tax free rent a room scheme.
So, 98% contains many more that could be in scope, it is now an AI ‘classification / matching challenge’ all linked to giving the local residents around projects additional cost of living income with 0% deducted. For more detail see the page linked above, it is not just rooms, welcome to medium term letting. The difference is not limited there, #WVH is 100% “Explainable AI” We don't hide behind 'black box' logic. We use technology to solve the mobility problems—like housing—that traditional methods ignore.
We do this trust through transparency, not scraping and endless scale.

'White Box' explainable AI

#WVH is entirely explainable AI. The opposite of a high risk LLM. As a Small Language Model, it only learns from you and your colleagues.

Bias Testing

#WVH is the first AI product to adopt permanent third party academic supervision on its algorithms, sharing anonymised data to extend the scope of reaching those 'outside the room'

Decision Support

#WVH is not a 'high risk' AI tool, it does not decide who you should interview, never mind offer or hire. It addresses how to engage talent better, who is missing from the room?

Never 'who' always 'how'

#WVH excels in finding & mapping the talent with specific experience and educational requirements needed in construction & infrastructure, it is always the human in the loop on 'who.'

You can put the outcomes of #WholeVillageHiring™ around:
● Higher levels of female participation in construction / infrastructure.● Increasing the adoption of MMC.● Housing from within a localities existing housing stock.● Returning local workers from abroad with a year of unique housing. ● Creating cost of living income for the residents near your site of operations. ● CO2 reduction in the housing of your staff, not just prioritsing the too limited existing rental stock. ● Ireland's second example of supply chain inclusion.
on the first page of any bid, but they will not be on every bid. We are seeking long-term partners, once #WVH is aligned with a specific company in a specific geography we will start on a new sector in a new place.
This is the hardnosed business benefits of widening the gate, not a gram of new CO2, or charity is involved.

Steve Jobs – The Power of Asking (1994 Interview) In this archival clip, Steve Jobs tells a story about cold-calling Bill Hewlett (co-founder of HP) when he was 12 years old because he wanted to build a frequency counter but lacked the parts. Key Dialogue: Jobs recounts that Hewlett laughed and not only gave him the spare parts but also offered him a summer job at HP. He worked on the assembly line putting "nuts and bolts together" for the very frequency counters he was interested in. The Lesson: Jobs emphasizes that he "never found anyone who said no or hung up" when he asked for help. He states that most people never ask, and that is what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them. He concludes that you must be willing to take the call and give people a chance to show what they can do.

Seán Fay – Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the Mansion House in Dublin, Seán Fay delivered a speech during the "Empowering Our Future" event. As the first-ever Dublin City Disability Ambassador, he focused on the critical need for inclusive practices in Ireland's corporate landscape. Dublin City Disability Ambassador, Seán Fay delivers a speech calling for a fundamental shift in how businesses use the spending power of their supply chain to unlock more innovation from a wider range of entrepreneurs. Key Dialogue: Seán Fay explicitly asks "Ireland Inc" to "Take the Call" for supply chain inclusion. He frames inclusion not as charity, but as a matter of parity and a "Win-Win" for companies and entrepreneurs with a difference. The Lesson: He argues that businesses should focus on the impact someone can make rather than just their background or corporate structure. By mentioning his own "fact-driven nature" as a neurodivergent founder, he tells the audience gathered that just two US FDI companies in attendance had a supply spend with disabled business owners in the USA in 2025 of around $7 billion, but zero in their Irish operations.

#The WVH Trial

We agree on specific hiring targets—mapping specialist talent and housing capacity within 6 weeks. We lower costs, expand the range of talent & build great ESG competitiveness.

#WVH Review

We review the evidence: interview data, housing matches, and the 'invisible' talent engaged. We build the hard business case before you commit to a full-scale rollout. Happy to focus on a specific ESG goal.

#WVH Integration

Once proven, we coordinate with your HCM/ATS supplier (ICIMS, Workday, SAP, etc.) to integrate #WVH into your existing tech stack. We handle the technical heavy lifting; you focus on your bids.

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