Courtney Greer is a Program Manager at Microsoft on the Commercial Software Engineering team. She is also a Black LGBTQ woman in the tech industry with insights on diversity, inclusion and what more can be done within the tech industry to support people from all backgrounds.
Timestamps:
1:41 - Diversity in tech compared to other industries
4:01 - Retaining people of color in tech
6:33 - What topics should people be allowed to discuss at work?
13:27 - How much innovation are we missing out on by excluding certain groups?
16:00 - What is covering?
21:25 - Does the majority group within a population ever cover?
24:22 - Allyship
27:33 - Kaizen and inclusion
30:03 - How can executives better affect change?
33:19 - Black Venture Institute
34:50 - Bias in tech hiring
36:31 - Checking unconscious bias
39:52 - Should companies impose standards to increase representation?
42:28 - Conversations on diversity on Clubhouse
49:07 - Book recommendations
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