“It’s not just enough to get people in the pipeline. You have to make it worthwhile to get them to stay.”

In what ways does your organization seek and hire a diverse workforce? In what ways does it convince them to stay?

Highlights

00:02:20
How do we prepare, recruit and retain diverse workforces?
00:08:00
Did Diana learn anything new from these conferences?
00:10:00
Blogger (see link below) Why is the Venture Capital/Silicon Valley world only looking for women engineers – we accept diverse experience from men, why not women?
00:11:50
Diana was more impressed by the fact that sessions on diversity in tech were being held at all, than that they had anything especially new to say.
00:12:30
Diana and Sharon’s session at the upcoming Agile 2015 conference – “Are We Doomed to Sticky, Tricky, and Icky? Men and Women in Agile.”
00:15:00
Sharon recently facilitated a panel on “Tackling Gender Bias in the Workplace”.
00:20:10
Gender bias has changed – it’s now more subtle, it has gone underground, and when it hits young women in the workplace it’s a surprise.
00:21:45
For women, is humor a better teacher for men who need to gain awareness of their gender bias?
00:25:05
Agile done well sets up a more collaborative workspace that is more in tune with people who are not into “macho” ideals.
00:27:30
Sharon: “If I had a nickel for every time I’ve thought, ‘this was designed by a man, if a woman designed this they would know not to do this…'”
00:28:15
The infamous wireless microphone made for people who wear pants with a back pocket and a button up shirt!

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