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Google-chefen om lyckat jämställdhetsarbete

Alan Noble och texten

#GETblog Alan Noble avslöjar sina hemligheter för att framgångsrikt ha ökat jämställdheten bland ingenjörerna på Google i Australien och på Nya Zealand.

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Alan Noble has been the Engineering Director for Google Australia and New Zealand, a hub with over 550 engineers, since 2007. His teams work on Google Maps, Apps, Chrome, and much more. In that time, tech has undergone a cultural shift. The topics of gender equality and diversity used to be mostly ignored by mainstream industry publications and major tech companies (still happening to a certain degree), but it’s rapidly becoming an industry norm to actively promote, measure and goal set for diversity. (Yes, even in Sweden, when I first started working in tech in 2011, the companies that were actively measuring diversity indicators and goal setting for diversity - like IBM and HP - were the exception, not the rule). The fact that we’re even writing this blog, hosted by NyTeknik, is a noticeable part of that cultural shift.

This shift at Google was most marked by its decision to publicly release its diversity data in 2014. But as you’ll read below, transforming from being a homogenous workforce into a more gender balanced and inclusive environment requires leadership, constant attention and a long-term strategy. Once the strategies are in place, though, the results can be very rapid. It’s especially difficult to go from a workplace with almost only male engineers, and very few female engineers, to, within a few years, a workplace that has successfully increased its gender balance. This interview is especially for those of you who feel stressed because you’re starting from a tough situation, with mostly male engineers, and very few female engineers. It’s possible for the numbers to change in a few short years, with leadership and commitment. This story is by no means over, because what Alan, Google, and honestly, the entire industry, are embarking upon is an ongoing process of cultural transformation. But let’s hear about it directly from Alan.

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