Building Belonging Into Any Team (Atlassian Design Week 2019) by John Paz, Senior Content Designer
Channel: John Paz
Date: 03/10/2019

Having a diverse team is only half of the ingredients needed to reap the benefits of diversity. Diversity without inclusion is tokenism, and is nearly just as hurtful as a general lack of diversity. If a team at work doesn’t trust one another, velocity, innovation, and job satisfaction suffer. But how do you encourage teams to build in organic resilience, and ensure every member of the team feels valued? 


This talk describes some strategies to build a systemic workplace culture of inclusivity, powered by my experiences on the Stash team at Atlassian. The tips aren’t groundbreaking, but a step-by-step breakdown of the difference between diversity and inclusivity, and how to ‘do’ each, has proven invaluable to empowering people to stop waiting for HR to solve their inclusion problems, and build their own inclusive teams.

John Paz is Senior Content Designer with 13+ years of professional writing/editing experience and a passion for simplifying the complex. He's a UX Design professional that specializes in using highly technical content to create information experiences for developer audiences. 

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