Susan McIntosh on Diversity in Tech

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke with Susan McIntosh, an InfoQ editor, agile practitioner and scrum master who works in the area of cultural change about the impacts that the lack of diversity in tech has and some ways to address the inherent imbalances in the system. Why listen to this podcast: • There is a significant diversity challenge in the information technology industry • Women are the primary decision makers in shopping but the IT industry as a whole doesn’t consider the women’s perspective when designing and building products • The common misconception that confidence equates to competence and how that impacts people who may be very competent but may be uncomfortable putting themselves forward • Some advice on how organisations can encourage people to “bring your whole self to work” and create a safe, supportive culture • Being valued as a complete person in the workplace improves engagement and commitment to the organisation, and benefits the employee, employer and customers • A diverse group will have a wide variety of experiences and can use these diverse ideas to produce products which provide better value for the customers they are building products for More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2kYJ6Tp You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2kYJ6Tp