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19 organizations advancing women in tech

CIO

Such issues have played a large role in the rise of organizations focused on empowering and supporting women in tech roles. Today’s networking and advocacy landscape finds a growing array of programs and organizations for girls, women, and anyone who identifies as a woman — and plenty are also open to male allies.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

CIO

Despite the industry lagging behind in equality, there are a number of organizations committed to bringing equality to the tech industry by creating communities and offering support for underrepresented trans, queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and gender nonconforming IT workers.

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17 professional organizations for Black IT pros

CIO

While the onus of change rests in large part on employers to alter their approaches to hiring and inclusivity in the workplace, the following 17 professional organizations are dedicated to advancing the careers of Black IT pros and increasing Black representation in the tech industry through training, networking resources, and more.

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The extent Automic’s group CIO goes to reconcile data

CIO

On the IT front, group CIO Marcelo Dantas and his team look after technology across the entire business, which includes product engineering, service, security and infrastructure. If you offer more to young people but don’t give an environment where they’ll thrive, it’s likely they won’t last in your organization.”

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Perficient Launches PRISM Employee Resource Group

Perficient

Perficient is thrilled to announce its newest Employee Resource Group (ERG) – PRISM – which stands for Pride, Resiliency, Inclusivity, Success, and Mindfulness. The work this group of colleagues has done to prepare for today — and the importance of what this means to its members, allies, and advocates – is not lost on me.

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Creating a Learning Organization: Fostering Continuous Improvement and Innovation

N2Growth Blog

Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of evolving into learning organizations to remain competitive and adapt to continuous market changes. A learning organization fosters ongoing learning, innovation, and improvement among its members.

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Why DEI programs are failing

TechCrunch

Businesses have struggled to establish diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) work environments for some time now, but the events of 2020 put a spotlight on just how bad most organizations are at building impactful DEI efforts. After COVID-19 resulted in staggering unemployment trends across the U.S.,