Women In Tech Series - Building Diverse Teams in Technology and Data

Women In Tech Series – Building Diverse Teams in Technology and Data

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A diverse culture and workplace is more than just about gender, race and age – it’s about the diversity of thought.

Following our amazing event back in July Better Days Recruitment and Animo Group were delighted to hold another very successful thought leadership event focusing on the benefits of having a diverse workforce within tech.

Joined by guests from across varying sectors and businesses, this event allowed everyone to contribute and share their experiences on diversity within the workplace.

Kat Mitchell (co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer) and Nikki Miles (Head of Data and Analytics) from MPB – www.mpb.com a Brighton-based company that is bucking the diversity trend, talked about how they have embraced diversity in the workplace.

The main points that were shared and that stood out from these discussions were:

A diverse culture is more than just gender, race and age – it’s about the diversity of thought.
Embed diversity in the workplace culture rather than approaching diversity as a tick-box exercise.
No matter what gender imposter syndrome is real to everyone.
Education in the UK needs to do more to support females move into technology roles in the future.

“ Diversity is not just about representation; it’s about diversity of thought. Listening to individual experiences and viewpoints unlocks creativity, improves decision making and embraces inclusivity. Therefore it is not enough to simply ‘have’ diversity. Diversity thrives when we create spaces that not only value, but embrace and enable different perspectives and personality types; where strong opinions are shared openly but held lightly.” Nikki Miles Head of Data and Analytics MBP.

There’s still more to be done

While diversity in the technology sector remains a challenge there are some signs of improvement in some areas, however, there is still more to be done.

29% – Women and non-binary individuals make up the tech workforce in the UK.
1 in 3 women in tech are considering leaving their jobs due to issues like gender pay gaps and lack of career progression.
25% – of tech workers in the UK identify as part of an ethnic minority. Improvements have been seen in this area however only 13% of senior roles are being held by individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Source: https://www.techtalentcharter.co.uk/reports/diversity-in-tech-report-2024

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