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There has been lots of talk about diversity everywhere in tech. Why is this so important? What's all the fuss? And How do we do it?
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Diversity?Why? What? How?
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Diversity?Who!
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You’re OK
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I’m OK too
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marketblog.envato.com
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Why Diversity?
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Why?Where is the feature?
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Why?Business Value?
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Collective Intelligence
Brain
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Why?Better stuff && Faster
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Women & Tech?
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Something happened in 1984!!!
Source: NPR, Planet Money + above attribution
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science aptitude slide
Math/Science Aptitude Men vs. Women
Source: Teri Oda, Web Security Researcher at Carleton University http://www.slideshare.net/terriko/how-does-biology-explain-the-low-numbers-of-women-in-cs-hint-it-doesnt
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Diversity !=
Gender
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Diversity !=
Diversity
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“In a recent article disentangling what researchers have learned over the past 50 years, Margaret A. Neale finds that diversity across dimensions, such as functional expertise, education, or personality, can increase performance by enhancing creativity or group problem-solving. In contrast, more visible diversity, such as race, gender, or age, can have negative effects on a group—at least initially.”
Stanford Business
Herein lies the problem:
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/diverse-backgrounds-personalities-can-strengthen-groups
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Cultural Difference
Herein lies the problem:
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Herein lies the opportunity!
DimensionalActual
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Dimensional Diversity
Monocultural
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Diversity Aggregates
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Company Conventions
Appreciation of Difference
How do we work with functional diversity
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Appreciation!of Difference
• algorithms • communication • organization
Company!Conventions
• TDD • Pairing • SOLID design
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How
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Dog vs. Cats
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Specific Actionable Stuff ~kind of~
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Everything is
Subjective!
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Planning Poker• We are getting closer to the
ultimate truth !• We are getting close to a
shared value
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Debate is not a shared joy
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Source: wikipedia
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Take the bull by the horns
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