There has been lots of talk about diversity everywhere in tech. Why is this so important? What's all the fuss? And How do we do it?

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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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9. Why Diversity?
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Why?
Where is the feature?

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Why?
Business Value?

12. Collective Intelligence
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Brain

13. Collective Intelligence
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Why?
Better stuff && Faster

18. Women & Tech?
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19. Something happened in 1984!!!
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Source: NPR, Planet Money + above attribution

20. Math/Science Aptitude Men vs. Women
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science aptitude slide
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
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Gender

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Diversity
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Diversity

23. Actual Dimensional
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24. Herein lies the problem:
“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
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/diverse-backgrounds-personalities-
can-strengthen-groups
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25. Herein lies the problem:
Actual Dimensional
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Cultural
Difference

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Herein lies the opportunity!
Actual Dimensional

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Dimensional
Diversity
Monocultural

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Diversity
Aggregates

30. How do we work with
functional diversity
Company
Conventions
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Appreciation
of Difference

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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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37. Specific Actionable Stuff
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~kind of~

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Everything
is
Subjective!

39. Planning Poker
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• 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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The end
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