Anyone who's read or heard anything
about diversity in tech is familiar with the pipeline problem: the fact that women and under - represented minorities don't pursue STEM degrees at the same rate as men.
If you're serious
about diversity at your company, the recent efforts by Intel show what a path to greater diversity and inclusiveness might actually look like.
The first conversations
about diversity, she said, «were not very encouraging.»
«We care deeply
about diversity,» Zuckerberg wrote in the memo.
If a company lacked a standalone page or statement
about diversity and inclusion, we didn't.
These days, many people do a good job talking
about diversity, but not as good a job at bringing it about.
It is not enough to talk
about diversity; we have to put forth a focused effort and aim for results.
It taught me about self - confidence, about tolerance,
about diversity, and I always felt like there was something more there than people were seeing.
Last week, the Fortune data team revealed that we spent the months leading up to the launch of this year's Fortune 500 collecting information
about the diversity and inclusion policies at each company on the list.
Denise Young Smith later apologized for her comments, saying that they «were not representative of how I think
about diversity or how Apple sees it.»
«When we talk to managers, we recognize there can be a fear or a notion of their own credibility decreasing because of this false narrative
about diversity meaning lowering the bar,» Leveroni said.
NEA maintains that questions
about diversity have not impacted its fundraising.
According to the NYT, Coates, a self - proclaimed Marvel superfan, spoke with Marvel back in May when he was interviewing Marvel editor Sana Amanat
about diversity.
It's important that when we talk
about diversity that we think about it in lots of different contexts, including age, gender, of course, cultural and ethnical background, and also diversity in thought.»
The two most discussed concerns this past year were
about diversity of viewpoints we see (filter bubbles) and accuracy of information (fake news).
The room was packed for Tuesday's town hall discussion
about diversity and inclusion in tech.
And what I hate is that women are always asked the question
about diversity, and if you're one of the few women in the room, you feel obligated to raise it as an issue, when you would rather far often talk about the economics of something.
Enthusiastically participating on campus not only projects the genuine image that companies care
about diversity, but also helps them make their mark while fortifying their appeal early on.
Care
about diversity in tech?
Stop with your tweet activism
about diversity.
Male leaders need to not only participate in the discussion
about diversity issues, but also move with urgency to build the models for change that others can follow.
«A lot of people [who] think they care
about diversity still have a lot of these biases that hold them back,» Zuck said -; so Facebook trains managers to help identify them.
Last week, Re / Code reported that an at an all - hands company meeting, interim CEO Jack Dorsey responded to an employee question
about diversity hiring by saying that company should and will set diversity goals.
Almost half of respondents said they cared more
about diversity after the election and one in four reported that they changed their own workplace behavior as a result.
«While we see CEOs and the heads of diversity talking about it, what really matters is what those frontline workers and everyday people think and feel
about diversity because that's where the real cultural change is going to happen,» said Aubrey Blanche, global head of diversity and inclusion at Atlassian.
In 2016 she gave a TEDx talk
about diversity and innovation, «How Entrepreneurs Can Help the American Dream Get Its Mojo Back.»
WHEN DIVERSITY IS IN THE DRIVER»S SEAT We're talking
about diversity more than ever before in the technology industry, yet progress remains frustratingly elusive.
Aspect's Theresia Gouw talks with Techonomics about investing in tech, taking risks and what she sees as the good news
about diversity in Silicon Valley.
Her charismatic appearance on stage not only gave the dad - joke peppered event a little more oomph, but it also underscored a bigger conversation we've been having in the tech industry
about diversity, strong role models and which companies have been taking a leadership position in that area.
According to a report this week in tech news outlet The Information, when asked by some of his 11,000 employees Kalanick has brushed off questions
about diversity in hiring and whether Uber could share demographic data about its workforce.
Uber has also created a workshop program called «Why Diversity Matters,» in order to educate employees
about diversity and inclusion.
Conversely, if shareholder activism results in good governance and it doesn't result in greater board diversity, what does that say
about diversity?
«Most corporations are just beginning to think
about diversity in the non-representation sense.
The first thing to acknowledge
about diversity is that it can be difficult.
Sen. @GKButterfield asked #MarkZuckerberg
about diversity in the tech industry at large.
The trip marks the third time the CBC has taken its message
about diversity directly to the country's tech capital since lawmakers announced their campaign in 2015.
Two of the most prominent venture capitalists in the United States have launched a new investment firm that's generating buzz in Silicon Valley and beyond at a time of intensifying debate
about diversity in the technology industry.
Now, after the close of Pao's gender discrimination lawsuit against VC giant Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the two are optimistic that the trial could help advance gender diversity, by moving dialog
about diversity to the forefront.
For the last two years or so, I've been speaking out
about diversity and immigration as key drivers of Canada's prosperity.
This is a vital issue for me because I claim to be passionate
about diversity in community.
Augustine writes, «This heavenly city, then, while it sojourns on earth, calls citizens out of all nations, and gathers together a society of pilgrims of all languages, not scrupling
about diversities in the manners, laws, and institutions whereby earthly peace is secured and maintained, but recognizing that, however various these are, they all tend to one and the same end of earthly peace.
Now we talk so much
about diversity because we're anxiously aware that we're losing it.
Topher, you are quite amusing, you were wrong
about the diversity of races but will not admit it, pathetic.
The post is
about diversity in religion, soften your heart and visit a Mosque.
Why are we all so worried
about diversity in churches?
Iâ $ ™ m not just talking
about diversity in appearance or superficial issues, but diversity in beliefs, theology, and lifestyles.
Soong - Chan: A few months ago I got a phone call from a national newspaper for an interview
about diversity in evangelicalism.
Indeed, some high - flying, abstract, and vague talk of pluralism seems to assume the validity of a thorough relativism
about these diversities («each variation - culturally, religiously, morally, or intellectually — is as good and true as any of the others»).
Newbigin is absolutely right that Christianity, or at any rate Christian mission and apologetics, is always involved in a pluralist tension — the tension between confidence in God and uncertainty about living out that truth in the world, between faith as God's gift and understanding as a form of growing discovery, between knowing who God is and seeking to bring that knowledge into situations of despair or resistance, not to say anything
about the diversity and conflict of views among self - avowed Christians.
In addition to these questions concerning the status of religious models, this chapter asks
about the diversity of functions which they serve.