Boostrapping Inclusion - REFACTR.TECH

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JWONG WORKS June 7, 2019 Bootstrapping Inclusion REFACTR.TECH 2019 @attackgecko

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JWONG WORKS The Situation

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JWONG WORKS The Situation 35 Engineers • 5 Women (14%) • 4 Hispanic/Latinx (11.4%) • 1 LGBTQ (2.8%) • 0 Black Engineers (0%) NYC Population* 52.3% Women 27.5% Hispanic/Latinx 4.5% LGBTQ 25.1% Black * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City

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JWONG WORKS Why Now?

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JWONG WORKS –McKinsey & Company “… 21% more likely to outperform on proﬁtability and 27% more likely to have superior value creation” https://mck.co/2hw1xyT

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JWONG WORKS –Rocio Lorenzo and Martin Reeves, Boston Consulting Group “…19% points higher innovation revenues and 9% points higher EBIT margins.” https://bit.ly/2nt92r1

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JWONG WORKS –Roger C. Mayer, Richard S. Warr, Jing Zhao “…announce an average of two extra products in any given year” https://bit.ly/2ATPr8c

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JWONG WORKS –Catalyst “. . .companies with the highest percentages of women board directors outperformed those with the least by 53%” https://bit.ly/2zKMpWE

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JWONG WORKS –HBR “1.5% spike in overall fund returns each year and had 9.7% more proﬁtable exits “ https://bit.ly/2KKBpyF

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JWONG WORKS –First Round “…companies with a female founder performed 63% better than our investments with all-male founding teams” http://10years.ﬁrstround.com/

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JWONG WORKS Why Now?

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JWONG WORKS Prior Life • 100 → 1000+ employees • 3 engineers → 85+ engineers • 0% → ~35% Women • 50% Women hires

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JWONG WORKS Why Now?

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JWONG WORKS –Jason Wong “There is no easier time than right now.”

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JWONG WORKS Day One

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JWONG WORKS —Cate Huston “Inclusion First” https://cate.blog/2017/09/28/on-improving-diversity-in-hiring/

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JWONG WORKS –Anonymous CTO How Do I Hire More Women?

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JWONG WORKS Hiring is the Easiest Part

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JWONG WORKS Terrible Things

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JWONG WORKS Pay Inequity Women: $0.80 Black Women: $0.63 Latina Women: $0.53

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JWONG WORKS Career Stagnation Executive Parity Index White Men: 1.81 Hispanic Men: 1.07 White Women: 0.65 Black Men: 0.63 Asian Men: 0.56 Hispanic Women: 0.49 Black Women: 0.30 Asian Women: 0.24 https://bit.ly/2Qw0jVy

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JWONG WORKS Harassment “. . .about a third of men said they had done something at work within the past year that would qualify as objectionable behavior or sexual harassment” - New York Times https://nyti.ms/2E3kKAd

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JWONG WORKS Assault 10.8% of college men reported perpetrating at least 1 rape from 14 years of age through the end of college. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2375127

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JWONG WORKS —Cate Huston “Inclusion First” https://cate.blog/2017/09/28/on-improving-diversity-in-hiring/

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JWONG WORKS Getting Started

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JWONG WORKS Vision Mission Strategy

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JWONG WORKS Vision A workplace where people of all identities and experiences are understood, appreciated, and fully included in the community and where equitable treatment and outcomes prevail.

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JWONG WORKS Vision http://www.american.edu/ocl/cdi/Mission.cfm

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JWONG WORKS Mission Create a company of Allies

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JWONG WORKS Strategy Build Awareness Provide Education Effect Behavioral Change

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JWONG WORKS Vision Mission Strategy

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JWONG WORKS Inﬂection Points

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JWONG WORKS Not Complicit → Complicit

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JWONG WORKS Believing in the lived experiences of others.

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JWONG WORKS Standpoint Theory People on the receiving end of oppressive systems, people at the bottom of social hierarchies, will see things more accurately than the people at the top. https://bit.ly/2HOf1Rw

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JWONG WORKS Believing in the lived experiences of others.

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JWONG WORKS Investing Time and Money

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JWONG WORKS Inﬂection Points • Not complicit → Complicit • Believing in the lived experiences of others • Investing time and money

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JWONG WORKS Awareness

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JWONG WORKS Introduced Myself

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JWONG WORKS Communicated Vision, Mission, Strategy

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JWONG WORKS Discussed Current Events

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JWONG WORKS Current Events Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

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JWONG WORKS Current Events Binary Capital

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JWONG WORKS Current Events Google Manifesto

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JWONG WORKS Discussed Current Events

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JWONG WORKS Diversiﬁed Social Networks

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JWONG WORKS Celebrated Wins

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JWONG WORKS Awareness

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JWONG WORKS Education

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JWONG WORKS Reading List

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JWONG WORKS Reading List • Etsy’s recommended reading list for allies • Why Women Leave Tech • maleallies.com • Lara Hogan’s Ally Resources • Geek Feminism – Feminism 101 • Project Include

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JWONG WORKS Allyship Training https://bit.ly/2gOeqDV

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JWONG WORKS Education

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JWONG WORKS Effecting Behavioral Change

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JWONG WORKS Improved Discourse

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JWONG WORKS Improved Discourse • Addressed inappropriate comments/jokes • Involved managers

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JWONG WORKS Removed Racist Slack Emojis

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JWONG WORKS Intent != Impact

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JWONG WORKS Changed How We Named Things

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JWONG WORKS https://twitter.com/mekkaokereke/status/921577077488304128

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JWONG WORKS Compensation Calibration

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JWONG WORKS Compensation Calibration • Pay discrepancies • Career progression http://bit.ly/2Z9v9E3

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JWONG WORKS Compensation Calibration PRO TIP: Make People Whole Immediately

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JWONG WORKS Inclusion as a Point of Performance

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JWONG WORKS Inclusivity as a Point of Performance • Demonstrated Performance • Set expectations at every level • Forcing function for conversations

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JWONG WORKS Inclusion as a Point of Performance A Rubric for Evaluating Team Members’ Contributions to an Inclusive Culture - Chelsea Troy https://bit.ly/2KIG4ih

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JWONG WORKS Interviewed for Inclusion

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JWONG WORKS Interviewed for Inclusion • Interview for your performance evaluation • Toxic people are a tax

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JWONG WORKS Effecting Behavioral Change

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JWONG WORKS Left Unsaid

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JWONG WORKS Left Unsaid • Diversifying Executive team • Diversifying Engineering leadership • D&I company values • Unconscious bias training • Parental leave benefits • Anti-retaliation policies • How to apologize • Anti-harassment benefits • Physical safety/counseling benefits • Code of Conduct • Interview training • ERGs • Gender pronouns • Sponsorship • And more . . .