As we look at fostering the next generation of talent, we want to ensure we are harnessing all available resources for greater growth and innovation and that we are diminishing the power of unconscious bias from important business decisions. It is well documented that diversity has a direct and positive impact on an organization's financial performance. According to McKinsey, diversity increases economic performance up to two times for profitability and stock valuation of companies with gender-diverse management teams generate 40% higher operating margins. Further, organizations in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to have positive financial returns and organizations with the highest rate of racial diversity brought in nearly 15 times more sales revenue. With this in mind let us learn how our panelists are helping their organizations foster the next generation of talent.
Moderator:
Juli Ierulli (bio)
Marketing Communications Manager
Caterpillar, and
Director-Marketing, Vendor Representative
7x24 Exchange International
Panelists:
Tamara Budec (bio)
VP, Implementation Services
Digital Realty
Randi Johnson, PE, CxA, LEED AP (bio)
Data Center Facilities Operations Manager
Facebook
Nancy Novak (bio)
VP of Construction
Compass Datacenters
James Swensen (bio)
Global Facilities Operations Director
Facebook