Diversifight - help create a work environment that invites diversity
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A talk at the Diversify event at Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden, outlining the issues of diversity and how working on the web used to be a very inviting and open space and has been replaced by a highly competitive world made for a small niche in the employee market.
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- 1. DiversiFIGHT Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) - Diversify, Spotify, Stockholm, November 2014
- 2. HERE I AM, SPEAKING AT A DIVERSITY EVENT… MALE ABLE BODIED GEEK WHITE ✓ ½✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓
- 3. DIVERSITY IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND CURRENTLY A VERY HOT TOPIC.
- 4. IT IS ALSO A RIDICULOUSLY COMPLEX ISSUE. RACE? GENDER? SEXUAL ORIENTATION? RELIGION? HAIR COLOUR? ABILITY? ORIGIN? AGE?
- 5. AS PEOPLE OF THE WEB AGE, WE TEND TO FAVOUR QUICK, GENERIC SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX ISSUES.
- 6. WE ALSO AREN’T THE BEST WHEN IT COMES TO PATIENCE.
- 8. THIS DOES NOT WORK HERE.
- 9. WE NEED TO FIX OURSELVES.
- 10. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE DIVERSITY, WE HAVE TO OVERCOME OUR BIASES.
- 11. THIS IS HARD.
- 12. CONSCIOUS BIASES ARE NOT HARD TO BATTLE. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wheatons-law
- 13. YOU ARE NOT ANONYMOUS - BEHAVE ACCORDINGLY http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
- 14. UNCONSCIOUS BIASES ARE MUCH HARDER.
- 17. UNCONSCIOUS BIASES ARE PART OF WHAT WE ARE.
- 18. HOW AND WHERE WE WERE BROUGHT UP.
- 20. “OH GOD, HAVE UNHAPPY GERMANS… NOTHING GOOD HAS EVER COME FROM THAT!”
- 21. BEYOND THE LAUGHS… IS IT OK TO? MAKE FUN OF SOMEONE’S ACCENT? MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING YOU? MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON SOMEONE’S ETHNIC BACKGROUND? HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE OFFICE / WITH A CLIENT?
- 22. RISE ABOVE WHAT YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
- 23. BE AWARE OF YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW IT INFLUENCES YOU.
- 24. THIS IS TOUGH TO DO.
- 25. THANK GOD FOR TEENAGE REBELLION!
- 26. THANK GOD FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
- 27. I WAS SO, SO LUCKY!
- 28. EARLY INTERNET WORKING DAYS. NO RELEVANT DEGREE NO DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES NO MEDIA ATTENTION NO RULES - KNOW THE BUGS, MAKE IT WORK!
- 29. THE RESULT: A SUPERBLY DIVERSE WORKING ENVIRONMENT PRINT DESIGNERS SCREEN DESIGNERS PROGRAMMERS WRITERS BUSINESS ANALYSTS PROJECT MANAGERS DATABASE ADMINS WEBMASTERS/ MISTRESSES
- 30. IF YOU HAD THE KNOWLEDGE, YOU WERE ALLOWED TO WORK.
- 31. MANY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CMS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECOMMERCE B2B MAPS/GEO PHOTO/MEDIA BANKING
- 32. LEARNINGS: SHARING BEATS COMPETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE BETTER AT DIFFERENT THINGS NO ENVIRONMENT IS FOREVER THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE
- 33. THE MAIN LEARNING: THE MORE DIVERSITY IN THE TEAM, THE BETTER THE PRODUCT.
- 34. FAST FORWARD TO NOW.
- 35. THERE ARE MORE JOBS THAN PEOPLE AND COMMUNICATION WITH RECRUITERS IS BROKEN http://christianheilmann.com/2014/11/18/we-have-a-massive-recruitment-problem/
- 37. A WORLD OF COMPETITION.
- 38. A WORLD OF HIGHER BARRIERS OF ENTRY.
- 39. A WORLD OF THROWAWAY PRODUCTS.
- 40. A WORLD OF KEEPING EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE AND BUSY.
- 41. A WORLD OF PANDERING TO THE BROS AND KEEPING THE HIGHSCHOOL LIFESTYLE.
- 42. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, MAKE MONEY! http://bangkok.coconuts.co/sites/bangkok.coconuts.co/files/styles/article_header/public/field/image/americanpsycho200013_0.png
- 43. OVERALL: A WORLD THAT HINDERS DIVERSITY.
- 44. WE’RE STILL BEHAVING LIKE THE REBEL ALLIANCE, BUT NOW WE’RE THE EMPIRE. http://petewarden.com/2014/10/05/why-nerd-culture-must-die/
- 45. I WANT YOU TO FIGHT FOR MORE DIVERSITY.
- 46. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
- 47. MINGLE MORE!
- 48. DON’T ASSUME EVIL WHEN THE CAUSE COULD BE CONFUSION.
- 49. FEAR IS NOT AN INCENTIVE AND DISCOURAGES CHANGE.
- 50. TEACH AND BE AN EXAMPLE.
- 51. CALL OUT BAD BEHAVIOUR IMMEDIATELY.
- 52. MAKE IT EMOTIONAL: ! “HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE SAID THIS ABOUT YOU/DID THAT TO YOU?”
- 53. DEMAND A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT INVITES DIVERSITY BEYOND WHAT IS LEGALLY NEEDED. IS THERE A PROPER HR DEPARTMENT/ PROCEDURE? WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS? IS HAVING A SOCIAL LIFE POSSIBLE/ ENCOURAGED?
- 54. FIND DANGER SIGNS IN JOB POSTINGS… http://joblint.org/
- 55. LISTEN, HELP, BE NICE TO PEOPLE AND RECORD AS MANY GOOD EXPERIENCES AS YOU CAN.
- 56. Chris Heilmann christianheilmann.com @codepo8 Thank you!