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Creating a sense of belonging is important in a diverse workplace.  (Unsplash: Christina @ wocintechchat.com)

Jieh-Yung Lo knows what it's like to experience the 'bamboo ceiling'.

Now the director of the Australian National University's Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership, Mr Lo says one of his most painful experiences of this form of discrimination took place about a decade ago, when he attended a Victorian conference as a local government councillor.