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DE&I is More Than Race and Gender – Neurodiversity in the Workplace
We have so many companies complaining about finding talent, and we also have a massively underemployed group who could be great at these jobs with some small accommodations. I’m no data scientist, but this seems like an opportunity. The article above lists some considerations that could make a huge difference and help you find and retain talented people who need someone to understand that their brains work differently.
This is what inclusion looks like too.
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5 Ways Multitasking Is Bad for Your Mental Health (and 4 Things to Do Instead)– Whether at work or at home, we have all become multitaskers. Realistically, our focus bounces back and forth between multiple things we aren’t doing well.
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Psychological Safety – Part 2: How to create and promote it in the workplace
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It’s Game Over on Vocal Deepfakes –“Real recordings will be called fake and fake recordings will be leaked as purportedly real. I don’t think the general population is prepared for this, and I worry that news media organizations aren’t either.”
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The Uncanny Valley– If tech wants to change its image, it has to recognize the amount of special treatment it’s received both in society and the media.
Linked – Public speaking, TEDx, and well articulated points of view
Now, before you start with “they work in IT so that they don’t have to do public speaking,” I am going to argue that even if you’ve never wanted to present to a large conference audience or be asked to present webinars, etc., you would do well to learn how to do it anyway. You will need to tell a compelling story about what you do at some point in your career. Whether it be to defend your budget, ask for headcount, or explain your role on the team, being able to present your ideas well will go a long way. But, it’s not something we train for with many of our technical employees.
