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Sweden, outlining the issues of diversity and how working on the web used to be a very inviting and open space and has been replaced by a highly competitive world made for a small niche in the employee market.
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?
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.
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/
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!
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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?