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Transforming Tech: Advancing Innovation Through Inclusion

By: The National Academy of Sciences
  • Summary

  • 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.
    @2024 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Episodes
  • Create Inclusive Paths to Leadership
    May 28 2024

    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, the CEO of Reboot Representation. Together, they offer advice on training opportunities and creating paths for women of color to advance in the workplace.


    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.


    Click HERE to view the full consensus study report.

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    40 mins
  • Create a Culture that Welcomes Everyone
    May 21 2024

    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 TERC. They give actionable advice about listening to women of color in the tech workspace to establish and maintain a workplace culture that benefits everyone.


    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.


    Click HERE to view the full consensus study report.

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    30 mins
  • Retaining Diverse Talent Through Listening
    May 14 2024

    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-founder of Latinas in Tech; and Mia Ong, a senior research scientist at TERC. They talk about the biases women of color face in tech and how real, honest feedback can teach companies not just where the problems lie but how to solve them.


    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.


    Click HERE to view the full consensus study report.

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    30 mins

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