Transforming Tech: Advancing Innovation Through Inclusion

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You work at a tech company, and you want to do the right thing: You want to hire people from all backgrounds, and you want to make sure your workplace is inclusive. But where do you start? What do you do? Join entrepreneur, computer scientist, and CEO Jamika Burge in this five-part series from the National Academies of Sciences. Based on research and analysis from the National Academies consensus study “Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech”, Burge and her guests use design thinking to help engineering and tech companies recruit, retain, and advance women and people of color in their ranks. Each episode will give you actionable solutions to increase diverse people and perspectives. Inclusion isn’t impossible. Let’s transform tech.

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Create Inclusive Paths to Leadership

Women of color are underrepresented in tech but even less represented in tech leadership. How can tech companies ensure that everyone has the opportunity to train, grow, and offer their best ideas for leading your business to success? In this last episode of Transforming Tech, host Jamika Burge speaks with Rocío Medina van Nierop , the CEO and co-founder of Latinas in Tech , Joan Williams , the founder of Bias Interruptors , Mia Ong , senior research scientist at TERC , and Dwana Franklin-Davis ...

May 28, 2024•40 min•Ep. 5

Create a Culture that Welcomes Everyone

When a workplace culture results from nothing more than a bunch of people sharing an office, that culture can make certain people feel welcomed and others feel isolated. How can tech companies develop a workplace culture that is inviting to everyone they hire? In this fourth episode of our five-part series, Jamika Burge speaks with Marisela Martinez-Cola , a sociology professor at Morehouse College, Joan Williams , the founder of Bias Interruptors , and Mia Ong , a senior research scientist at T...

May 21, 2024•30 min•Ep. 4

Retaining Diverse Talent Through Listening

Overall, tech companies work hard to achieve inclusive hiring but can be dismayed when new hires from diverse backgrounds don’t stick around. What factors impact how employees feel about the workplace environment, and whether your company is the right place for them? In this third episode of our series, host Jamika Burge speaks with Joan Williams , the founder of Bias Interruptors ; Marisela Martinez-Cola , a sociology professor at Morehouse College; Rocío Medina van Nierop , the CEO and co-foun...

May 14, 2024•30 min•Ep. 3

Recruiting with an Eye Toward Equity

Finding new employees from diverse backgrounds can seem challenging if you don’t know where or how to look. But there are many talented people out there who could help transform your company — and if you don't hire them, your competition might. In this second episode of our five-part series, host Jamika Burge speaks with computer science professor Ann Quiroz Gates , Google's Program Manager for University Relations Sloan Davis , and Joan Williams , the founder of Bias Interruptors , about techni...

May 07, 2024•25 min•Ep. 2

Transform Your Recruitment!

Recruiting, retaining, and advancing diverse individuals in the tech field can feel complex. Every company wants to have the most competitive, creative, and, most importantly, inclusive team. Do you want actionable solutions to achieve this ideal workforce? Welcome to Transforming Tech , A guide for diversifying your technology business's workforce. This first episode of our five-part series highlights the hiring opportunities and company support systems that impact recruiting women of color in ...

Apr 30, 2024•27 min•Ep. 1

Introducing Transforming Tech

Despite years of efforts to increase diversity in the tech workforce, women of color have remained underrepresented. Even in cases where some groups of women of color may have higher levels of representation, data show that they still face significant systemic challenges in advancing to leadership positions. To address these challenges, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine assembled current research and feedback from public workshops to develop recommendations for stakeh...

Apr 18, 2024•1 min•Ep. 1

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