Despite the current culture wars that make diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies a political punching bag, most business leaders understand that they are very good for business. But in a more conservative VC market, discussions focus more on financial issues than on building an intentional culture.
However, younger generations are bringing updated values and an expectation of DEI to the workplace, meaning tech startups can’t afford to ignore how their corporate culture is evolving.
It’s an important issue for a startup’s success, and we’re excited to tell you that Joelle Emerson, Co-Founder and CEO of Paradigm, will be joining us for a fireside chat on the Builders Stage at businessroundups.org Disrupt 2023, which takes place on September 19. -21 in San Francisco.
Paradigm’s data-driven DEI software tools put the company at the center of this conversation, and Emerson is known for her take on corporate culture. We look forward to hearing how the brightest startups are leaving old, ahem, paradigms in the rearview mirror and building for the future – political perceptions of inclusion notwithstanding.
Joelle Emerson: Co-founder and CEO of Paradigm
Joelle Emerson partners with leaders from some of the world’s most innovative companies to consult and advise on diversity and inclusion strategies. She has written extensively on diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and on the cover of The Atlantic. She has been named on Recode’s list of the 100 most influential people in business, Marie Claire’s New Guard list of 50 women changing the world, and The New York Times’ Groundbreakers.
Prior to founding Paradigm, Emerson was a civil rights attorney. Her legal background highlighted the consequences that can result from companies failing to consider diversity and inclusion early on, and inspired her to found Paradigm. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School.
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