Where are the women?
summary
Argues that numbers and network data matter: the Financial Times senior leadership is 36% female, simulations plus an HBR dataset show women have lower in‑degree and the idea network has 22% more same‑gender ties, McKinsey finds least‑diverse leadership is ~25% more likely to underperform, and Stack Overflow reports 30.4% rank diversity lowest. Gives concrete fixes: run blind hiring experiments, rewrite job descriptions, mentor and sponsor underrepresented hires, measure inclusion not just quotas, and check whether outreach actually increases applications and retention.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:39Tech industry homogeneity
- 7:30Diversity quotas flaws and necessity
- 10:25Business case vs moral argument
- 13:12Virtue signaling limits
- 15:41Informal networks exclusion
- 19:15Bias and inclusion failure
- 22:01Diversity without inclusion
- 23:27Steps to inclusive teams
- 28:49Becoming an ally
- 31:40Using privilege to support
- 32:44Call to action
