diversity? why? what? how?

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Diversity?Why? What? How?

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Diversity?Who!

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You’re OK

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I’m OK too

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marketblog.envato.com

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Why Diversity?

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Why?Where is the feature?

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Why?Business Value?

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Collective Intelligence

Brain

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Collective Intelligence

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Why?Better stuff && Faster

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Women & Tech?

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Something happened in 1984!!!

Source: NPR, Planet Money + above attribution

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science aptitude slide

Math/Science Aptitude Men vs. Women

Source: Teri Oda, Web Security Researcher at Carleton University http://www.slideshare.net/terriko/how-does-biology-explain-the-low-numbers-of-women-in-cs-hint-it-doesnt

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Diversity !=

Gender

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Diversity !=

Diversity

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“In a recent article disentangling what researchers have learned over the past 50 years, Margaret A. Neale finds that diversity across dimensions, such as functional expertise, education, or personality, can increase performance by enhancing creativity or group problem-solving. In contrast, more visible diversity, such as race, gender, or age, can have negative effects on a group—at least initially.”

Stanford Business

Herein lies the problem:

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/diverse-backgrounds-personalities-can-strengthen-groups

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Cultural Difference

Herein lies the problem:

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Herein lies the opportunity!

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Dimensional Diversity

Monocultural

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Diversity Aggregates

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Company Conventions

Appreciation of Difference

How do we work with functional diversity

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Appreciation!of Difference

• algorithms • communication • organization

Company!Conventions

• TDD • Pairing • SOLID design

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How

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Dog vs. Cats

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Specific Actionable Stuff ~kind of~

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Everything is

Subjective!

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Planning Poker• We are getting closer to the

ultimate truth !• We are getting close to a

shared value

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Debate is not a shared joy

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Source: wikipedia

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Take the bull by the horns

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