Pursuing diversity, equity, and inclusion is hard work. It seems like no effort is ever good enough. In this last episode of Engineering the Future: Diversity Dialogues, we’ll share what success stories look like.

At the end of every previous episode, our host Wanda Sigur asked each guest for two stories. She asked them to share a time when the diversity of a team they were working with resulted in an enhanced solution, something better than they’d have otherwise. And she asked them for an example of when a diverse team helped the members of that team understand and appreciate the people they were working with. Our distinguished guests came through with wonderful, inspiring stories from their lives and the lives of those before them.

Featured Guests:

Dr. Wanda Austin, co-founder of MakingSpace, Inc., and the author of Making Space: Strategic Leadership for a Complex World.

Dr. Ivuoma Onyeador, assistant professor in the Management and Organizations Department at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

Dr. Gilda Barabino, the president of the Olin College of Engineering

Dr. Nicole Smith, chief economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

Dr. Percy Pierre, professor of computer and electrical engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park

Megan Smith, CEO and Founder of Shift 7, third Chief Technology Officer of the United States

Dr. Ken Washington, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Medtronic

Dr. Latonia Harris, senior director at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson

Dr. Angela Byars-Winston, professor of internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

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