About the session
Agile methodologies appear to match many best practices for building inclusion. But despite growing recognition of the benefits of diverse, inclusive teams, women and people from minoritised ethnicities remain underrepresented in the technology industry.
We call this the “Agile Inclusion Paradox”.
In this workshop we share findings from our original research that examines why adopting Agile alone may not be enough. Together, we explore techniques to interrupt non-inclusive dynamics, purposefully to build inclusion in your team, and enable everyone to thrive.
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About the speaker(s)
Jo Stansfield
Jo is Founder and Director of Inclusioneering, a social enterprise offering diversity, equity and inclusion consultancy in the technology and engineering domains.
Alongside this, Jo holds a number of voluntary positions. She is a member of Council for the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, co-chair of BCS Women, a member of the Industry Advisory Board for TechUp bootcamps, and Fellow of AI ethics and audit charity, ForHumanity.
She holds an MSc in Organisational Psychology, with thesis research “Lessons for Gender and Racial Diversity within Technology”. She brings a deep understanding of the engineering culture, and lived experience as a woman within it, to her work in support of diversity and inclusion in tech.
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Antony Quinn
Antony is a co-founder of The Communication Practice, a drama-based training company specialising in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) in the workplace.
He has run public workshops on interpersonal communication for The School of Life and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and conference workshops for software teams at Agile Cambridge, UX Cambridge and Agile in the City.
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