5 things / transparent hiring
Here's this week's roundup of the best practices and good news that I found in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, and corporate social responsibility. You can also follow along with the video versions each weekday on LinkedIn and Twitter. Here's the weekly summary:
#5ThingsILearnedThisWeek:
Automattic, a software company, has a remarkably transparent and inclusive hiring process that acknowledges the unconscious biases that often come up in hiring, and its plan to address them.
AnitaB, organizer of The Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's largest conference of women in tech, returned the sponsorship money paid by software company Palantir because the company doesn't align with the conference's values. Palantir recently renewed a $50 million contract with ICE (Immigrations and Custom Enforcement) to provide software for things such as workplace raids.
Hasbro has created Ms. Monopoly to raise awareness of the gender pay gap. In this version of the game, female players start with more money than male players, and earn more as they pass go.
CEOs of 145 U.S. companies recently wrote a letter to the Senate asking for stricter gun regulations. CEOs from companies such as SquareSpace, Airbnb, Bloomberg, Royal Caribbean, and Lyft signed the letter.
Forbes' list this week of the 100 Most Innovative Leaders had only one woman. Forbes caught a lot of flak (including from many male allies), acknowledged "we blew it", and promised to do better. Dozens of female CEOs wrote an open letter that's worth a read.