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The Tech Industry needs all Kinds of Minds - so how do we Support Them?

Sallyann Freudenberg | GOTO Amsterdam 2017

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Sometimes in our keenness to collaborate we risk forgetting that teams are still made up of individuals. The diversity that helps create amazing teams and products may ironically be being drummed of us by our own practices and environments. Inadvertently creating a mono-culture when far from being a weakness, our diversity is our biggest strength. This talk then is about embracing diversity of thinker. About making our collaborations more inclusive. About experimenting with how we can create teams, spaces and practices where people can turn up authentically and have their differences not only supported but celebrated.

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Sometimes in our keenness to collaborate we risk forgetting that teams are still made up of individuals. The diversity that helps create amazing teams and products may ironically be being drummed of us by our own practices and environments. Inadvertently creating a mono-culture when far from being a weakness, our diversity is our biggest strength.

This talk then is about embracing diversity of thinker. About making our collaborations more inclusive. About experimenting with how we can create teams, spaces and practices where people can turn up authentically and have their differences not only supported but celebrated.

About the speakers

Sallyann Freudenberg

Sallyann Freudenberg

Neuro-diversity Advocate, Coach & Pair Programming Researcher

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