Diversity and inclusion speaker and author Perrine Farque's Blog

We all know the statistics: just five per cent of leadership positions in the UK technology sector are women and only four per cent of the UK tech workforce is black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME). Only a quarter of start-ups (26%) are actively trying to increase diversity within their leadership teams, according to Silicon Valley Bank. Less than half (43%) of startups have company-wide promotion and hiring goals for diversity, while fewer than one-in-five had these goals f

5 ways hiring diverse talent will dictate startups fate in COVID Startups are hiring again after the initial shock of COVID in April. Demand for web designers and developers skyrocketed 15.5% in July compared to June. Cybersecurity has been the fastest growing UK startup sector in COVID and UK startups that are hiring during COVID include AR startup Poplar, FinTech startup Revolut, transport startup City Mapper and banking startup Banked. However, who startups hire will have

Demystifying unconscious bias training Unconscious bias training has become increasingly more widespread. The majority of organisations contacting me want to have unconscious bias training first and foremost. There are different reasons why companies ask for an unconscious bias training: 1) To respond to the recent #blacklivesmatter movement Organisations need to respond to the #blacklivesmatter movement in a meaningful way that goes beyond just making a new pledge on their w

How To Do Diversity for Your Startup The Right Way Startups have a unique position as a change agent: they are young, they are agile, they are born in the millennial era, they have funding and they have a new product or app that can change the world: they can change the workplace, society and the world we live in. With great influence comes great responsibility. As a startup founder: how are you going to use your influence for good? What social good are you going to incorpora

Yesterday we hosted our webinar “How Tech Companies Can Create the Culture Shift in a Crisis”. We were overwhelmed by the number of HR professionals joining us and by the volume of comments and stories. We’d like to share our top learnings from that webinar so you can learn from it too. You can also watch the recording here. We started by discussing the current trends impacting Tech organisations. First, we discussed how COVID19 exacerbates existing iInequalities in Tech: Wor