DIVERSITY IN STEM FIELDS

Its a new day folks!

Long gone are the days of the one size fits all protocol of what today's tech professional looks like, with more and more minority groups venturing into the deep so as to procure the tech talents necessary to become STEM ROCK STARS.

When I started my I.T. journey in the late 90's there was almost no variation in the very vanilla automation problem solving constructs, with likewise, almost no social, racial or gender diversity in the field as well.

So much has changed since then, and today's "Techies" represent the global reality of diversity from which we all know, with  tech professionals, not only bringing their own individual and cultural knowledge and experiences to the field, but also their unique problem solving talents as well, opening up a whole new means of devising viable atuomation solutions that give special meaning to problem solving.

Traditionally, Women, as well as other minority groups, represented a very small percentage of the tech arena, fostering mundane and tunnel modalities of problem solving techniques, that didn't necesarily prove useful in the cultivation of the dynamic or fresh new methods necessary to represent the vast evolution of solutionary possibilities.

However, with the intentional efforts of those Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives that aim to foster a much more realistic show of the working world and those specialized groups in it, the tech industry is just bursting with new ways to solve old automation tasks, ushering forth the new wave of I.T. professionals who bring their unique cultural experiences of ingenuity into the world of automation.

Diversifying the tech workforce stands to

• Give managers the opportunity to expand current competencies by effectively maintaining a diverse intrapersonal skill-set in dealing with people from all cultures and economic backgrounds, especially where international business facets are of the essence.

• Enrich the knowledge of the labor force by diversifying team efforts that provide fresh and unique perspectives to complex problems.

• Allow organizations to represent the dynamic nature of the real world – which effectively promotes a healthier, more reflective culture, allowing employees to better indentify with a organizations corporate ethics, values, and practices.

• Effectively subvert undesirable corporate cultures that are “tunnel” in their views, methods and business strategies. 

• Invite pathways for future leadership development – as explicit representations of minority leadership inspires, encourages and provides a platform for leadership within STEM fields, ushers in our most prominent innovators, problem solvers, and tech professionals.

OmniTekk stands by all those who make a concerted effort to broden, improve upon and most of all, who seek to revolutionize the tech industry, so as to make the world of technology and all those who toil in it, a more cohesive, representative place for us all.