Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Making Change as an Ally
Search
Joe Birch
July 21, 2018
Technology
1
470
Making Change as an Ally
Joe Birch
July 21, 2018
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Joe Birch
See All by Joe Birch
Learning to play guitar with Actions on Google
hitherejoe
1
96
Tensorflow for Android Developers
hitherejoe
3
260
Learning to play the guitar with Actions on Google
hitherejoe
0
130
For Optimists, our UI is pretty Pessimistic
hitherejoe
4
2.9k
Android Things: Building for the IoT
hitherejoe
2
180
Getting Clean, Keeping Lean
hitherejoe
10
670
Android TV: Building Apps with Google’s Leanback Library
hitherejoe
1
1.1k
Building Beautiful Apps with the Design Support Library
hitherejoe
3
240
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
「どこから読む?」コードとカルチャーに最速で馴染むための実践ガイド
zozotech
PRO
0
470
未経験者・初心者に贈る!40分でわかるAndroidアプリ開発の今と大事なポイント
operando
5
670
企業の生成AIガバナンスにおけるエージェントとセキュリティ
lycorptech_jp
PRO
2
190
20250913_JAWS_sysad_kobe
takuyay0ne
2
230
Practical Agentic AI in Software Engineering
uzyn
0
110
新規プロダクトでプロトタイプから正式リリースまでNext.jsで開発したリアル
kawanoriku0
1
130
Django's GeneratedField by example - DjangoCon US 2025
pauloxnet
0
150
ハードウェアとソフトウェアをつなぐ全てを内製している企業の E2E テストの作り方 / How to create E2E tests for a company that builds everything connecting hardware and software in-house
bitkey
PRO
1
150
LLMを搭載したプロダクトの品質保証の模索と学び
qa
0
1.1k
Autonomous Database - Dedicated 技術詳細 / adb-d_technical_detail_jp
oracle4engineer
PRO
4
10k
初めてAWSを使うときのセキュリティ覚書〜初心者支部編〜
cmusudakeisuke
1
260
BPaaSにおける人と協働する前提のAIエージェント-AWS登壇資料
kentarofujii
0
150
Featured
See All Featured
What's in a price? How to price your products and services
michaelherold
246
12k
Fantastic passwords and where to find them - at NoRuKo
philnash
52
3.4k
Put a Button on it: Removing Barriers to Going Fast.
kastner
60
4k
How To Stay Up To Date on Web Technology
chriscoyier
790
250k
ReactJS: Keep Simple. Everything can be a component!
pedronauck
667
120k
XXLCSS - How to scale CSS and keep your sanity
sugarenia
248
1.3M
A Modern Web Designer's Workflow
chriscoyier
696
190k
A better future with KSS
kneath
239
17k
Six Lessons from altMBA
skipperchong
28
4k
GraphQLとの向き合い方2022年版
quramy
49
14k
Connecting the Dots Between Site Speed, User Experience & Your Business [WebExpo 2025]
tammyeverts
8
530
Bootstrapping a Software Product
garrettdimon
PRO
307
110k
Transcript
Making Change as an Ally Joe Birch @hitherejoe Senior Eng.
@ Buffer GDE - Android & Flutter
So, what is an Ally? @hitherejoe
Not everyone will want to be involved @hitherejoe
Privilege @hitherejoe
Privilege == a better position to influence @hitherejoe
But why does this matter? @hitherejoe
50/50 @hitherejoe
12-20% @hitherejoe
15% (1 billion people) @hitherejoe
Human AND business issue @hitherejoe
But how can we change that? @hitherejoe
Ally is a verb @hitherejoe
Language @hitherejoe
“Hey guys…” “Oh man…” “Dudes…” “Yea man…” @hitherejoe
@hitherejoe
@hitherejoe
Unconscious Bias @hitherejoe
• Be aware • Don’t rush decisions ◦ Backup any
decisions with evidence • Expand your network ◦ Eliminate any stereotypes @hitherejoe
• Be aware • Don’t rush decisions ◦ Backup any
decisions with evidence • Expand your network ◦ Eliminate any stereotypes @hitherejoe
• Be aware • Don’t rush decisions ◦ Backup any
decisions with evidence • Expand your network ◦ Eliminate any stereotypes @hitherejoe
• Be aware • Don’t rush decisions ◦ Backup any
decisions with evidence • Expand your network ◦ Eliminate any stereotypes @hitherejoe
Amplify @hitherejoe
Share recognition during public announcements @hitherejoe
Share recognition during public announcements Share recognition inside of your
workplace @hitherejoe
Share recognition during public announcements Share recognition inside of your
workplace Share recognition where it’s due @hitherejoe
Amplify voices in meetings Amplify voices during textual conversations @hitherejoe
Events @hitherejoe
Inclusivity sponsorships @hitherejoe
Inclusivity sponsorships Code of conducts and diversity efforts @hitherejoe
Inclusivity sponsorships Code of conducts and diversity efforts Anonymise CFP
process @hitherejoe
Inclusivity sponsorships Improve your networking and reach Code of conducts
and diversity efforts Anonymise CFP process @hitherejoe
Network
None
Assigning work @hitherejoe
Distributing work @hitherejoe
Be Open and Listen @hitherejoe
Intervene @hitherejoe
You will make mistakes! @hitherejoe
You will make mistakes! But mistakes can help you develop
empathy. @hitherejoe
Create an Inclusive environment @hitherejoe
What next? @hitherejoe