We talk a lot about allyship on this podcast and in the work we do at Raising the Glass, but how do we ensure we raise our game when it comes to equality in the workplace?

Yes, we’ve all heard the visions, we’ve all taken the course and we’ve all got the lived experience, but how to we actually make this work in the real world. How to we check the balance?

Rom talks to Kate Stables, a Chief Technology Officer and DEI Leader and Mentor and Mark Smith, also at CTO and Advocate for Women in Technology. Both work for Whitbread.

In this conversation, expect talk around gender balance, AI and its impact on inclusion, how we tackle the fear of “saying the wrong thing” and where we go next with allyship.

Takeaways

• Active allyship, how to create it and how to maintain it
• Why being honest and owning up to not knowing the right thing to say is perhaps the best policy
• Bias in technology is a reflection of societal biases.
• Tech needs more women
• An eye-opening moment for Mark when he was one of five men in a room of 50 people
• Sponsorship is crucial for supporting underrepresented groups.

LINKS

https://raisingtheglass.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katestables/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-smith-6250b07/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-oliver-mooney-65730614/

Podcast production by https://www.gingerwizard.co.uk/