Tech Culture Interrupted

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Tech Culture Interrupted is a series of engaging and provocative conversations between NCWIT social scientists (Dr. Catherine Ashcraft and Dr. Brad McLain) and a variety of special guests from the tech industry’s top leaders and innovators. The podcast explores ground-breaking research and ground-truth stories about how to build more inclusive and more innovative workplace cultures through new perspectives on leadership, community, and engagement.


  • 1

    Interrupting Everyday Bias

    Tech Culture Interrupted

    51:00 | Apr 20th, 2020

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    In this episode join Dr.s Aschraft and McLain from NCWIT with special guest Kim Vorrath - Vice President of Software Programs at Apple - as they explore what everyday bias looks like and why it's both...Show More

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    In the first episode of this new podcast, NCWIT Research Scientists Catherine Ashcraft and Brad McLain talk with Apple VP of Software Programs Kim Vorrath about how identifying instances of everyday b...Show More

  • 2

    COVID & The Identity Distance Trap

    Tech Culture Interrupted

    47:54 | Aug 5th, 2020

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    In this episode join Dr.s Aschraft and McLain from NCWIT with special guest Mary Fairchild - Global Director of Diversity and Inclusion at f5 - as they explore the experience of isolation in Tech duri...Show More

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    Can the isolation that many tech workers have experienced due to the COVID pandemic help us to create more inclusive workplace cultures going forward? NCWIT social scientists discuss this question wit...Show More

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    Tech Inclusion Journey at Dropbox

    Tech Culture Interrupted

    51:02 | Jan 11th, 2021

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    In this episode we talk with Danny Guillory -- head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Dropbox -- and Dropbox's use of NCWIT's research-based strategic approach to creating more inclusive cultures. &...Show More

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    In this episode of the Tech Culture Interrupted podcast, Dropbox Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Danny Guillory talks about the lessons he and his colleagues learned through the process of im...Show More

  • 4

    A conversation with Tracy Stone from Intuit regarding new research being conducted by NCWIT with Intuit support to investigate how power and influence operates on technical teams and who has it (and w...Show More

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    Listen in on a conversation between NCWIT social scientists and Tracy Stone from Intuit, as they discuss ongoing research investigating how power and influence operate on technical teams, including wh...Show More

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    Diversifying Private Equity in Tech

    Tech Culture Interrupted

    28:44 | Apr 7th, 2021

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    Who gets funded?  Who doesn't?  And Why.  In this episode Nancy Phillips and Ryan Heckman from Rallyday Partners talk with us about diversity, equity, and inclusion through a venture ca...Show More

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    When it comes to helping startups with diverse leadership teams get established, venture capital and private equity firms have an important role to play. In this episode, NCWIT social scientists talk ...Show More

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