Lead Time Chats

Brooks Scott on Diversity & Inclusion on Remote Teams

Episode Summary

In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Brooks Scott, Founder of Merging Path Coaching, about how to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion on remote and distributed teams.

Episode Notes

In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Brooks Scott, Founder of Merging Path Coaching, about how to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion on remote and distributed teams.

Brooks and Jean discuss:

• How companies commonly start and end their DEI efforts with hiring more women
• Why it’s important to prioritize diversity and inclusion beyond the gender binary
• The inclusion challenge as companies return to office and under-represented people face in-person micro-aggressions
• How to build a foundation of trust in a relationship so that you can have the hard conversations when needed
• Different ways companies and leaders can respond to terrible news events