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DiversITy Matters - Codemotion Rome

DiversITy Matters - Codemotion Rome

Presented on March 19th 2016 at the Codemotion Conference, Rome, Italy.
http://rome2016.codemotionworld.com/
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In every industry where the work-force has shifted from severely limited diversity to a divers work-force, you'll find that both productivity as well as profitability has increased. Taking into account the enormous shortage of IT professionals world-wide and the distinct lack of diversity in the IT work-force, the time has come to accelerate this much-needed shift in the IT industry. We all are in an unique position to contribute to this change. In this talk we'll take a look at what each of us can do today ànd tomorrow to help us move towards a healthier and more economically sane industry.

Juliette Reinders Folmer

March 19, 2016
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  1. Wouter Groenewold Juliette Reinders Folmer @diversity_IT http://diversitymatters.it/ Disclaimer This talk

    contains gross generalisations. These are not meant to be taken personally. Feel free to leave if you think you can’t deal with that.
  2. vs

  3. Tony Perez CEO & co-founder Sucuri Virginia Rometty President and

    CEO of IBM Ursula Burns CEO, Chair Xerox Rashmi Sinha CEO & co-founder Slideshare Tim Cook CEO Apple Sheryl Sandberg COO Facebook
  4. If you want to be incrementally better: be competitive. If

    you want to be exponentially better: be cooperative.
  5. “It is time for parents to teach young people early

    on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” ― Maya Angelou