DiversITy Matters - WCEU

Presented on June 27th 2015 at the WordCamp Europe, Seville, Spain.
https://europe.wordcamp.org/2015/
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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 a 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.

Transcript

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. Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov
6. What is Diversity ?
7. Gender
8. (41) Age
9. Skin tone
10. Ethnicity
11. Believe system
12. Body form
13. Health
14. Sexuality
15. Living situation
16. Conference experience
17. Employment
18. We are developers
19. We  diversity
20. “Diversity is not about being equal, It is about celebrating the differences.”
21. What’s in it for me ?
22. Quality
23. vs
24. vs vs
26. Quality Economy
28. Quality Economy Success
31. Quality Economy Success
32. Understanding
36. Tony Perez CEO & co-founder Sucuri Virginia Rometty President and CEO of IBM Padmasree Warrior Ex-CTO Cisco Rashmi Sinha CEO & co-founder Slideshare Tim Cook CEO Apple Sheryl Sandberg COO Facebook
37. Photo by Claus Tom Christensen
41. WordPress Rockstar ?
42. Enablers Top performers
46. If you want to be incrementally better: be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: be cooperative.
47. What can we do today?
48. Government
49. Employers
56. Conferences
63. Communities
64. Photo by Clipp2nd
65. Photo by Me! Migayi!
67. “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” ― Maya Angelou
68. YOU YOUR PHOTO HERE
72. @diversity_IT http://diversitymatters.it/ Your feedback is appreciated! http://europe.wordcamp.org/ Thank you!