Things i try to increase diversity

<p><a class="wikilink" href="/diversity_in_startups_is_challenging/">Diversity in startups is challenging</a>, but still, these are few things that I try at <a class="wikilink" href="/dispertech/">Dispertech</a> in order to foster diversity (not to much success, though):</p> <ul> <li>I try to trigger the discussion around <a class="wikilink" href="/gender_unbalance/">gender unbalance</a> periodically, especially with people who come from a very male-dominated environment. One of the arguments I encounter periodically is "I don't care about gender, but about skills." (see: <a class="wikilink" href="/skills-gender_hidden_bias/">skills-gender hidden bias</a>). </li> <li>Try to be mindful about extra-work activities. They don't happen outside of working hours, which means that if someone is the primary care-giver of someone else (see: <a class="wikilink" href="/unpaid_work_done_by_women/">unpaid work done by women</a>). </li> <li>When reviewing CV's for a position, I only spend time giving feedback to women. Men receive a generic (but polite) rejection, unless, of course, they were invited for an interview. </li> <li>I try to create a <a class="wikilink" href="/learning_environment/">learning environment</a>, for example by giving people the opportunity to present what they have learnt in the past few months. And perhaps, <a class="wikilink" href="/literature/202304141533_learning_environments_foster_diversity/">learning environments foster diversity</a>. </li> <li>Always try to wait until I have a number of CV's that allows me to invite the same amount of women and men for job interviews.</li> </ul>