Davos 2015: Care’s Helene Gayle on Inclusive Growth
Helene Gayle of Care visits Hub Culture at the World Economic Forum Davos 2015. Gayle discusses her thoughts on inclusive growth, women's role in economic prosperity, and climate change.
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Indiegogo’s Danae Ringelmann on Making Tech More Inclusive
After Google released the demographic data of its employees in May, a slew of other Internet giants followed suit, reaffirming a troubling truth: the tech industry is largely male and largely white. At September's Techonomy...
How Software Can Help Move the Needle on Diversity
Even after spending my whole career in tech, I’m still taken aback by each new diversity stat that underscores the systemic and trenchant bias in our industry. One of my recent favorites: 76 percent of...
The Digital Divide: How Can the Tech Industry Become More Inclusive?
As companies like Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Apple release their hiring data figures, the Twitter-verse explodes with commentary on the lack of diversity in the industry. This is not a new problem, but there should...
Sharing Economy in Cities: Moving Towards a More Inclusive Urban Future
The sharing economy makes headlines daily: from anti-Uber protests across Europe to Airbnb's recent $10 billion valuation, new start-ups entering the private sector are offering more things to share (or rent, swap, borrow or barter)...
Creating Great Employees (Who Happen to be Autistic)
Thirty-year-old Tobias Ussing admits that his Asperger syndrome, on the milder end of the autism spectrum, is “a lot to work with.” Despite loads of motivation and experience, finding a permanent job has been a...
Girl Develop It Instructor Calls Out “Bogus Stereotypes”: Girls CAN Code
Jennifer Mozen helps lead software development teams and would like to see more women in her field. By day, she is a delivery principal at Chicago-based web development and digital consulting firm Table XI. In...
What Is Blerdology?
Blerds unite! Blerdeology, a social enterprise to support and engage the black startup and STEM community, is rallying blerds (black nerds) across the country with its “Blerd’s Night Out Tour.” Blerdology is the first organization...
Too Much Like-Mindedness Hurts Companies, and the Country
After the political rhetoric and partisan saber-rattling of the elections, the fiscal cliff debate, and recent presidential appointments, the country seems increasingly divided. In their book, The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America...
