Practical Ways to Advocate for Diversity

This is a talk for anyone who wants a more diverse engineering culture at work. If you've ever been frustrated by the sameness of your engineering peers, you'll hear practical advice you can use immediately.

Creating a diverse team is more than a moral issue - it makes business sense. Diverse engineering teams recruit the best talent, are more innovative, better reflect the needs of their users and make for incredibly fun places to work.

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1. PRACTICAL WAYS TO ADVOCATE FOR DIVERSITY
2. Straight, White Men Should ADVOCATE FOR DIVERSITY
6. Single biggest challenge of building a company? Hiring the best people.
7. That means hiring A diverse workforce
8. Productivity = Teamwork * ( ∑ Talent ) Productivity formula courtesy Kate Heddleston
9. “Simply interacting with individuals who are different forces group members to prepare better, to anticipate alternative viewpoints and to expect that reaching consensus will take effort.” - “How Diversity Makes Us Smarter”, Scientific American, October 2014
10. Celebrated as Whole, Diverse Person Clear, Frequent, Tough Feedback Unclear, Infrequent, Easy Feedback Cog in Machine No Growth Left to Wither Happy, Trusting, Productive Unappreciated
11. Measure Fund Raise Call Out Recruit
12. Measure Use data to make the problem clear and set goals.
13. InformationIsBeautiful.net
14. Conduct your own company survey
15. Ethnicity/Race • Hispanic or Latino • White • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian • Native American or Alaska Native • Two or More Races • Other • Rather not specify Gender GLBT Affiliation Yes/No
16. Fund Support local groups, and start your own.
19. “I was interested in Localytics before, but I’m way more excited now that you host CodePride!” – Attendee of CodePride
20. Raise Let others know a diverse workplace is important.
22. Perception !== Reality 72% 16% 12% Women have same opportunities MORE opportunities FEWER opportunities Research from Lean In, Reported by #HeForShe
24. Call Out Don’t tolerate derogatory speech.
25. Why does mayo come with tuna fish?
26. Situation Behavior Impact Center for Creative Leadership
27. Recruit Attract and retain the best employees.
28. February 21, 2016
30. Inclusive Healthcare Trans-inclusive, Generous obgyn, Maternity & Paternity Leave
31. Measure Fund Raise Call Out Recruit
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34. “I love being wrong 'cause that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.” - Neil deGrasse Tyson, NPR, February 20, 2016
35. An agile, iterative approach to being an ally for diversity at work.
37. Tony Wieczorek @tonyjw diversityhackers.com
38. Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License: • Audience listens at Startup School by Robert Scoble • Groups of drinking straws sorted by colors by Horia Varlan • She Geeks out @ Localytics by She Geeks Out • Mohegan Sun Casino Photo: Mystic Country CT, Flickr • Healthcare in plastic by frankieleon • Microphone by Evan Forester • Pictures of Money by Money • Switch by centralasian • Airplane Wing Photo: By islandjoe from Helsinki, Finland, via Wikimedia Commons • Fireworks over Boston by Tony Wieczorek Photo Credits
39. Addendum
40. Source: NPR
41. InformationIsBeautiful.net
42. InformationIsBeautiful.net