Ep 32: Kristy Simpkin—Women in technology—How to shift the culture towards inclusion for women and for the good of the industry
- 47:09
- September 19th 2017
Kristy Simpkin is the Co-President of the ICT arm of Women In Technology who promote women in the industry and what we can all do as leaders to help address the biases and imbalances that are still present in the industry.
Show notes
Kristy’s links
Test yourself for unconscious biases—For gender test, select your country and ‘Go’. Then click through on the ‘Gender’ button.
PwC and Diversity
“65% of employee performance problems are the result of strained relationships rather than a lack of skill or motivation”
Tuckman’s model for team performance (forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning)
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