We’re very excited to announced that the TalentCulture #TChat Show will be live from the IT@Cork European Technology Summit in Cork, Ireland on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, from 6-7pm GMT (1-2pm ET, 10-11am PT).
This special #TChat will focus on the impact of gender diversity on technology business performance around the world.
A University of Cambridge study has observed that Ireland is fifth in the world for female economic power, ranking just behind Australia, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
In Ireland, women are in positions of seniority in a staggering number of large global tech businesses – Apple, Microsoft, PayPal and many others.
But the current state of women in technology isn’t great, especially in the U.S. For example, the leadership at all of the top tech companies is overwhelmingly male. The good news is that academic institutions are now seeing businesses and STEM-based industries focus more heavily on the gender diversity agenda.
In January of this year (2015), McKinsey released a study showing that gender diverse companies had financial performance that was 15 percent higher than the national industry median, and ethnically diverse companies had performance that was 35 percent higher than the national industry median.
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Special Live #TChat: The IT@Cork European Technology Summit in Ireland
#TChat Radio — Wed, May 6th — 6 pm GMT / 1 pm ET / 10 am PT Join TalentCulture #TChat Show co-founders and co-hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guests from the IT@Cork European Technology Summit: David Parry-Jones, VP UKI Vmware; Caroline O’Driscoll, Tax Partner at KPMG, Vice Chair of IT@cork; and Michael Loftus, Head of Faculty of Engineering & Science at CIT.
Tune in LIVE online Wednesday, May 6th!
#TChat Twitter Chat — Wed, May 6th — 6:30 pm GMT / 1 :30 pm ET / 10:30 am PT Immediately following the radio show, Meghan, Kevin and our very special guests will move to the #TChat Twitter stream , where we’ll continue the discussion with the entire TalentCulture community from around the globe. Everyone with a Twitter account is invited to participate, as we gather for a dynamic live chat, focused on these related questions:
Q1: Why is there still such a gender gap in technology and business today? #TChat (Tweet this Question )
Q2: How can business leaders create an inclusive culture that encourages and sustains gender diversity? #TChat (Tweet this Question )
Q3: What are the primary benefits of closing the overall diversity gap? #TChat (Tweet this Question )
Until then, we’ll keep the discussion going on the #TChat Twitter feed , our TalentCulture World of Work Community LinkedIn group , and in our TalentCulture G+ community . So feel free to drop by anytime and share your questions, ideas and opinions. See you there!!!
Also at the IT@Cork European Technology Summit , Meghan and Kevin will be moderating a Tech Diversity Panel Discussion and Meghan will be a panelist in a Digital Marketing Discussion! Join us!
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