Striving for diversity
AA: You touched on gender, which is something I’d like to look at, along with diversity more broadly.
There’s definitely a lack of diversity and inclusion in our field. Have you ever faced any personal challenges with inclusion? What should we be doing as leaders in the field to make positive changes?
KM: When I think about diversity, I think about diversity of thought, diversity of skill, and diversity of experience. But let’s be honest about where that diversity comes from. That diversity comes from some much more basic things. It is gender diversity, it is skin color, it is ethnicity – it is all of these things.
I will also say that I look for different experiences for different roles that I hire, but let’s just keep it simple and talk about skin tone and gender. Have I been treated differently? Absolutely. I’ve been in meetings where I’ve been shushed with a finger. It happens regularly that I will...