{"id":2335,"date":"2020-05-02T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jyo.world\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2022-06-29T04:31:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T04:31:37","slug":"diversity-efforts-fall-short-unless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jyo.world\/staging\/2051\/diversity-efforts-fall-short-unless\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Efforts Fall Short, Unless&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past decade, technology companies and their leaders have launched diversity and inclusion (D&amp;I) initiatives, hoping to make employees of all backgrounds and experiences feel welcome in our industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2016\/07\/why-diversity-programs-fail\">We failed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationisbeautiful.net\/visualizations\/diversity-in-tech\/\">data<\/a>&nbsp;shows that, especially in the tech space, we have not moved the needle on the number of women, blacks, or Latinos in our ranks, despite efforts to do so. 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