Bootstrapping inclusion
summary
An engineering org of 35 with five women four Hispanics one LGBTQ and no Black engineers becomes the baseline; cited studies (McKinsey 21% profitability upswing, BCG +19pp innovation revenue, First Round 63% better returns for female founders) justify urgency. Actions include declaring responsibility, a vision mission strategy statement, a reading list and allyship lunch training, asking teams to follow 20 new voices, removing racist emojis, renaming gendered project names, running compensation calibration (finding $20–40k gaps and making people whole), writing inclusion into career ladders and interviewing for inclusion over a five month rollout with mixed early uptake but measurable policy and behavior changes.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 0:37The Situation
- 2:55Prior Life
- 5:20Pay Inequity
- 5:40Assault
- 6:34Vision
- 7:40Strategy
- 9:55Inflection Points
- 10:29Introduced Myself
- 11:43Current Events
- 14:50Reading List
- 18:48Compensation Calibration
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