Ursula Morgenstern - March 29, 2021 - 324 views

Throughout my career, I’ve experienced first-hand how a progressive approach toward diversity and gender equality can deliver vast and unique business benefits. My first job after earning my MBA, for example, was at a German software startup whose progressive outlook on labor practices led us to experiment with everything from part-time work to job sharing […]

Sailaja Josyula - March 24, 2021 - 417 views

As a woman in the engineering field, I once worked at a company dominated by men by a ratio of 80 to 1. I made it work – but then again, I’ve never shied away from expressing my opinion, and I can be stubborn, both of which helped me succeed in a male-dominated profession. But what […]

Shameka Young - March 8, 2021 - 647 views

In the spirit of this year’s theme for International Women’s Day – choose to challenge – I’m going to do just that. When it comes to supporting gender equality in the workplace, challenging is no longer a choice; it’s a responsibility. As a woman of color, challenging the status quo in the earliest years of […]

Leena Kalani - February 9, 2021 - 477 views

On June 7, 1968, female machinists working at Ford Dagenham in London went on strike in protest of the gender pay gap. The demonstrations eventually resulted in the passing of the UK’s Equal Pay Act of 1970 and subsequently the Equality Act of 2010, which provides a legal framework to protect the rights of individuals […]

Karen McLoughlin - February 12, 2018 - 160 views

We hear a lot about both innovation and inclusion in the workplace today, and as it turns out, the two are intertwined. Not only are innovation initiatives more effective when the workforce is inclusive, according to multiple studies, but an increased focus on innovation can also drive diversity. This is the viewpoint of Dr. Wendy […]

Matthew Richards - February 1, 2018 - 123 views

Years ago, on a sunny fall day, I sat in my office in Cambridge, Mass., my back to the wall-sized window overlooking the Charles River. I ignored this historic and picturesque view to stare intently at resumes on my monitor. Soon my boss would come in with one of the most common questions asked in […]