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DiversITy Matters - IPC

DiversITy Matters - IPC

Presented on June 10th 2015 at the International PHP Conference, Berlin, Germany.
https://phpconference.com/2015se/en
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While some of the older, more established IT companies are trying to make a difference, the IT industry is still a pre-dominantly white male domain. In every industry where the work-force has shifted – often over a thirty year period – 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, the time has come to accelerate this much-needed shift. In this talk we’ll look at some of the psychological and sociological aspects which inhibit the change to a more diverse workforce in the IT industry. But we don’t stop there: we all are in an unique position to contribute to this change, so let’s discuss what each of us can do today to move towards a healthier and more economically sane industry.

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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 Padmasree Warrior CTO Cisco 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