Inclusiveness - It's In Your Hands (Adel Smee 2019)

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1. Inclusiveness It’s in your hands NOVEMBER 2019 ADEL SMEE
2. Thanks for having me!
3. You can go now if...
4. This is my dog This is me Cis Female White Native English speaker Over 40, no kids Dog Enthusiast Who am I?
5. Inclusivity FTW!
6. Inclusivity – WTF?
7. Inclusivity – WIN
9. I’m tired and I need your help
10. When did I become a diversity expert??
11. Why we’re tired Lena Reinhart - Debugging the Tech Industry on how our products impact people’s lives. Kas Perch - Stop the Fanaticism on how the fanaticism our industry can have for tech and tools can translate into unhealthy dynamics for your career and the inclusivity of the industry. Tanya Reilly - Being Glue on how doing work that impacts the whole team at the expense of an individual contribution can hurt a career trajectory. 1 2 3 Model View Culture article on Diversity-in-Tech Burnout. 4
12. I want to focus on my new job
13. More tired... Visits to code schools, bootcamps and universities Industry Advisory Committees Guest lectures Speaking on panels Office tours Organise knowledge sharing events with other companies (e.g. Delivery Lead visits from Envato) Speaking at Meetups Maintain connections with industry - other companies, conferences, hackathons etc… Mentoring external folk Provide a highly technical point of contact for senior engineering candidates to discuss work and tech at Zendesk.
14. How you can help
15. “Helping” Helping
16. Motivate yourself
17. Educate yourself
18. LMGTFY
19. Educate yourself
24. Identify blindspots
25. Just do it Educate yourself • Do the research • Learn to pay attention • Identify your blindspots Motivate yourself 1 2 3 Commit actual time & actual energy
26. Vegetarian No coriander No beef or pork Gluten free ARFID (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder) No bananas (that’s me) Lactose intolerant (but will eat cheese) Very Lactose Intolerant FODMAP Nut allergy
27. This is really hard When you get it wrong: • Acknowledge • Apologise • Do it different Keep your motivation up! 1 2
28. VS
29. Thanks!