Building inclusive dev teams

A talk on diversity & inclusion within the software development industry. It makes an argument for "ground-up" inclusion where each team member is responsible for promoting inclusion, as opposed to the top-down approach of most large tech firms.

First presented at #UNIT 2017, Berlin, 6 May 2017.

Transcript

1. BUILDING
 INCLUSIVE
 DEV TEAMS DANIEL IRVINE
 @D_IR
2. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR WHAT IS AN INCLUSIVE TEAM, REALLY? ...AND WHAT’S THE
 SIMPLEST WAY TO BE INCLUSIVE?
3. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR TWO TYPES OF INCLUSION CORPORATE INDIVIDUAL
4. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR THE CULTURE PARADOX:
5. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR “IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY!” ...ER, WHAT DOES ‘HAPPY’ MEAN, EXACTLY?
6. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR CULTURE - VS - CULT
7. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR QUICK GUIDE TO OTHERING
8. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR CONFIRMATION BIAS IS, BASICALLY, THE BIAS THAT
 COVERS
 EVERYTHING.
9. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR CULTURE COGNITION
10. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR OVERCONFIDENCE
11. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR COMPUTERS ALWAYS LISTEN.
12. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR DO YOU STRUGGLE TO CONVERSE WITH COLLEAGUES? THEN WHY NOT TRY PULL REQUESTS!
13. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR PULL REQUESTS ARE A FERTILE BREEDING GROUND FOR BAD VIBES.
14. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR SOFT SKILLS ARE ACTUALLY THE HARD SKILLS.
15. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR HOW CAN WE
 SAVE OURSELVES?
16. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR WE’LL NEVER NOT BE BIASED.
17. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR CONFORMITY BIAS
18. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR A DIVERSE TEAM CANCELS OUT BIAS.
19. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR SEEK OUT NEW IDEAS... ...AND SHARE THEM WITH YOUR TEAM
20. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR CHALLENGE YOUR BELIEFS! “STRONG OPINIONS, WEAKLY HELD”
21. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR CHANGE YOUR LANGUAGE
22. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR UNDERSTAND PERSONALITY PROFILES
23. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR BE VULNERABLE
24. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR AVOID ZOMBIE HIRES
25. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR HIRE BASED ON ANONYMISED CODE SUBMISSIONS
26. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR RECOGNIZE OTHERS FAIRLY... ...WATCH OUT FOR
 SELF-SERVING BIAS
27. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR FLAT MANAGEMENT IS NOT
 NO MANAGEMENT
28. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR REFINE YOUR STANDUP
29. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR WHAT PROBLEMS
 WILL I FACE
 ON THE
 WAY THERE?
30. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR LOGICAL FALLACY
31. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR DIVERSITY BIAS
32. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR PUNCHING UP IS... ...NEVER ENDING.
33. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR WATCH OUT FOR ENTRENCHED BIAS
34. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR IT’S GOT TO COME FROM THE LEADERS.
35. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR TEAM
 UNIQUENESS
 BIAS
36. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR THE CROSSROADS
37. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR THE INCLUSION PANACEA
38. BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEV TEAMS @D_IR THE NEXT QUESTION: DOES IT SCALE?
39. THANK YOU DANIEL IRVINE
 @D_IR DANIEL@8THLIGHT.COM PLEASE SEND ME QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK! I’M ALSO AVAILABLE FOR TALKS,
 TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS.