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Courtney Tells Us About Diversity And Inclusion In Tech

Courtney Tells Us About Diversity And Inclusion In Tech

Released Wednesday, 26th May 2021
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Courtney Tells Us About Diversity And Inclusion In Tech

Courtney Tells Us About Diversity And Inclusion In Tech

Courtney Tells Us About Diversity And Inclusion In Tech

Courtney Tells Us About Diversity And Inclusion In Tech

Wednesday, 26th May 2021
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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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