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How technology is hurting diversity

on Aug 19, 2016 | 0 comments

By Jessica Goodfellow

Technology is exacerbating the gender diversity divide in the workplace, since it works to increase employee churn and the shrink demographics. This was the argument put forward by a group of digital experts at a Female Digital Leaders event, with futurist Tracey Follows suggesting this disparity will only widen as technology advances if it isn’t solved soon.

Where women and ethnic minorities fall behind in tech careers is in education. Deidre McGlashan, chief digital officer at Mediacom, explained: “In order to be in technology you have to be educated, and in order to be educated you have to be of a Read full story ›

Source: The Drum