
How do you create a more diverse tech industry with greater numbers of empowered women? According to Debbie Forster, you stop talking about it and take action by engaging companies to recruit women to tech, collect data, and share best practices.
How do you create a more diverse tech industry with greater numbers of empowered women? According to Debbie Forster, you stop talking about it and take action by engaging companies to recruit women to tech, collect data, and share best practices.
Phim Her is a Hmong-American refugee who uses art and design to impact sociocultural innovation. Her interests are in helping people from diverse backgrounds become empowered, have a voice, and find a path forward in the design industry.
Christine McCarey is founder and CEO of ImpactDEI, a consultancy that helps companies embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into their DNA. Christine held three positions at RetailMeNot, Inc., the digital savings destination that connects consumers with retailers, restaurants and brands. Listen Now
Dr. Dolly Chugh, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, New York University Stern School of Business Dr. Dolly Chugh is an award-winning, tenured professor at the New York University Stern School of Business. She studies implicit bias and unintentional unethical behavior (“bounded ethicality”). Dolly teaches MBA courses in leadership, management, and negotiations, and is the faculty…
Storyline: Oculus VR co-founder Palmer Luckey was fired from Facebook. On March 25, 2014, Facebook purchased Oculus VR for approximately $2 billion. Six months after contributing $10,000 to an anti-Hillary Clinton group, Luckey was let go. He is now claiming it was because of his support for Donald Trump in the presidential election. Facebook Chief…
Storyline: Nike appears to have weathered the storm caused by its controversial advertising campaign featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. There was initial backlash from conservatives including President Trump, but also high-profile support on Twitter from celebrities like LeBron James, Alicia Keys, and Ricky Martin. Nick Saban and Ford also backed NFL players’…
Storyline: Colin Kaepernick is back as one of the faces of a new Nike campaign commemorating the 30thanniversary of the brand’s iconic “Just Do It” slogan. The former NFL quarterback turned activist is also suing the NFL for allegedly colluding to keep him out of the league. He has remained unsigned by teams since March…