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Why we need more women in tech
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Unconsciously, we tend to like people who look like us, think like us and come from backgrounds similar to
ours.
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
#MoreWomen
#MoreWomen
#MoreWomen
#MoreWomen
#MoreWomen
#MoreWomen
#MoreWomen
#MoreWomen
And the tech world is still a boy’s club…
Source: Apple diversity website
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference
And the numbers are dropping!
Source: Apple Diversity
The Athena Factor• After 10 years of work experience, “The
Athena Factor” found, 41% of women in tech leave the industry, compared with 17% of men.
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And we end up with all-male panels…
Yet, The Odds That a Panel Would 'Randomly' Be All Men Are
Astronomical• One mathematician’s formula suggests that all-male lineups don’t
“just happen,” despite what conference organizers might claim.
And some websites start to “make fun” of this situation
Yet diversity brings money
Mc Kinsey: Diversity matters
Gender inequity makes us lose money and
opportunities
Source: Diversity matters, Mac Kinsey 2015
Diverse teams have a more diverse set of skills
• And thus a higher financial performance.
Source: Apple diversity website
A group of ordinary people who are diverse can defeat a group of like-minded experts
Diverse teams help you understand better diverse
audiences• A team with a member who shares a
client’s ethnicity is 152% likelier than another team to understand that client.
Women control 73% of consumer purchasing and $20 trillion of the
world’s annual consumer spending
• And yet…
• 91% of women reported they didn’t think that advertisers understood them.
Source: Apple diversity website
The tech world is changing
Women need to be part of it!
Mark Zuckerberg paternity leave
What can we do about it?
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Transparency is the first step to change the
situation
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Challenge your own bias
Change your company culture
Run a Bias Busting workshop
Enquire an Ally Skills training
Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Even the details count
We need to teach girls to code
We need to teach girls to code
We need more female engineers
We need new toys
We need new role models
We need new start up founders
We need women to take back the tech
We need new tech spaces
We need to find mentors
We need more women in tech events
We need to promote the women in tech around us
As a speaker…
If you attend a conference
• Leverage social media!
• Point out gender imbalances when you see them
• #allmalepanels
As a conference organizer
Join our speakers bureau!
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