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b'In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke with Susan McIntosh, an InfoQ editor, agile practitioner and scrum master who works in the area of cultural change about the impacts that the lack of diversity in tech has and some ways to address the inherent imbalances in the system. \\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n\\u2022\\tThere is a significant diversity challenge in the information technology industry \\n\\u2022\\tWomen are the primary decision makers in shopping but the IT industry as a whole doesn\\u2019t consider the women\\u2019s perspective when designing and building products\\n\\u2022\\tThe common misconception that confidence equates to competence and how that impacts people who may be very competent but may be uncomfortable putting themselves forward\\n\\u2022\\tSome advice on how organisations can encourage people to \\u201cbring your whole self to work\\u201d and create a safe, supportive culture\\n\\u2022\\tBeing valued as a complete person in the workplace improves engagement and commitment to the organisation, and benefits the employee, employer and customers \\n\\u2022\\tA diverse group will have a wide variety of experiences and can use these diverse ideas to produce products which provide better value for the customers they are building products for\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2kYJ6Tp\\n\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2kYJ6Tp'