#25 How Can We *use* Tech to Correct Unconscious Bias *in* Tech with Matt Wallaert, behavioral scientist

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A feminist and behavioral scientist, Matt Wallaert believes that using data to build products is the key to effecting real change, such as the gender pay gap, which explains why he created GetRaised, a tool that helps women ask for raises. He is currently Director of Microsoft Startups, where he uses psychology to build products that enable people to take action on their ideas, questions, and desires.

Notes

Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too UN Women

Could these 2 women help solve Silicon Valley’s diversity problem? by Shalene Gupta, Fortune

RadiumOne’s All-Male Board Is Now Deciding Whether (Or Not) to Dump CEO Over Domestic Violence Conviction by Kara Swisher, Recode

Men Really Are Clueless About Their Female Coworkers by Rick Wartzman

Ex-Kleiner VC Ellen Pao Introduces Diversity Initiative by Ellen Huet, Bloomberg

Whitney Wolfe, founder of dating app Bumble, has had quite the year. She just can’t discuss parts of it. by Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post

C.P. Ellis, 78; Once a Ku Klux Klan Leader, He Became a Civil Rights Activist

Stephen King iBooks

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella celebrates ‘pivotal year’ as Office 365, cloud make gains by Harriet Taylor, Anita Balakrishnan CNBC

A Unicorn Is the Last Thing This Web 2.0 Survivor Wants by Jessi Hempel, Wired

Additional Reading

Why Men Don’t Mentor Younger Women—And How We Can Change That By Kate Ashford, The Muse

Five Brainless But Brilliant Routes To A Raise by Meghan Casserly, Forbes

Wage Gap Costs U.S. Women $500 Billion A Year, Report Finds by Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post

Hacking inequality and behavior by Capioca, Medium

What Is Design Thinking? by Kaan Turnali, Forbes

The point of normative models in judgment and decision making by Jonathan Baron, frontiers

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.