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Creating Inclusive Work Cultures with Sara Wachter-Boettcher

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Sara Wachter-Boettcher is a coach, strategist, facilitator, author, and speaker dedicated to changing design and tech for good. Sara is the founder of Active Voice, a leadership development company on a mission to make work culture better for everyone.   

Sara is also the author of three books: 

  • Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
  • Design for Real Life
  • Content Everywhere

    • In today's episode we mostly focused on what individuals, organizations and society in general can do to create more inclusive, healthier Work Cultures.   

    We talked about:   

    • 0:00 - Introduction to Sara and her work  
    • 4:20 - Questioning ourselves and our organization's culture to make change 
    • 10:05 - The balance between productivity and employee welfare 
    • 14:22 - Is education key to changing our future? 
    • 24:15 - Compassion in the workplace 
    • 28:01 - Improving communication at work 
    • 31:59 - Who is responsible for creating inclusive work cultures? 
    • 36:09 - Making work more accessible during the pandemic 

      • The Full Transcript can be found here: https://medium.com/hive-it/creating-inclusive-work-cultures-with-sara-wachter-boettcher-43fa4d817e55


      Sara was an amazing guest and you can find her website at sarawb.com   


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