Why we need more women in tech

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

Unconsciously, we tend to like people who look like us, think like us and come from backgrounds similar to

ours.

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

#MoreWomen

#MoreWomen

#MoreWomen

#MoreWomen

#MoreWomen

#MoreWomen

#MoreWomen

#MoreWomen

And the tech world is still a boy’s club…

Source: Apple diversity website

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference

And the numbers are dropping!

Source: Apple Diversity

The Athena Factor• After 10 years of work experience, “The

Athena Factor” found, 41% of women in tech leave the industry, compared with 17% of men.

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And we end up with all-male panels…

Yet, The Odds That a Panel Would 'Randomly' Be All Men Are

Astronomical• One mathematician’s formula suggests that all-male lineups don’t

“just happen,” despite what conference organizers might claim.

And some websites start to “make fun” of this situation

Yet diversity brings money

Mc Kinsey: Diversity matters

Gender inequity makes us lose money and

opportunities

Source: Diversity matters, Mac Kinsey 2015

Diverse teams have a more diverse set of skills

• And thus a higher financial performance.

Source: Apple diversity website

A group of ordinary people who are diverse can defeat a group of like-minded experts

Diverse teams help you understand better diverse

audiences• A team with a member who shares a

client’s ethnicity is 152% likelier than another team to understand that client.

Women control 73% of consumer purchasing and $20 trillion of the

world’s annual consumer spending

• And yet…

• 91% of women reported they didn’t think that advertisers understood them.

Source: Apple diversity website

The tech world is changing

Women need to be part of it!

Mark Zuckerberg paternity leave

What can we do about it?

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

Transparency is the first step to change the

situation

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

Challenge your own bias

Change your company culture

Run a Bias Busting workshop

Enquire an Ally Skills training

Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

Even the details count

We need to teach girls to code

We need to teach girls to code

We need more female engineers

We need new toys

We need new role models

We need new start up founders

We need women to take back the tech

We need new tech spaces

We need to find mentors

We need more women in tech events

We need to promote the women in tech around us

As a speaker…

If you attend a conference

• Leverage social media!

• Point out gender imbalances when you see them

• #allmalepanels

As a conference organizer

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