The Diversity Journey: Building an Inclusive Team

Diversity is a journey. It can’t happen overnight. I am your host Lochan Narayanan and this episode is special as it is our Season Finale. For the Finale episode, I am talking to Masroor Javid, an outcome driven IT leader with 20+ years of experience. Masroor talks about his experiences, how a seminar helped him to understand the importance of diversity and how he fought with his own biases. He shares that building an inclusive team from scratch is easy but the process can be patchy with an existing team.We discuss how one can identify the gaps in their existing team and hire based on inclusivity. We further talk about Masroor’s 5-step hiring process and how he maintains a diverse team. Listen to the entire episode as this one is a culmination of all that we talked about in the previous episodes, why is diversity the way forward and how to build a diverse team.About the guestMasroor JavidMasroor is an an Outcome driven IT leader with 20+ years of experience. Known technology & process expert bringing a unique 360-degree perspective to help the businesses to deliver highly complex, multi-tiered enterprise-class software deployed at fortune 500 companies with user base in millions, translating the “Big Picture” into actionable strategy and tactical plans. He has worked across various organisations such as - GE, Harman, Dell EMC. He is currently the Global Quality Engineering Leader at Xperi and a very big advocate and ally of diversity and inclusion.We are going to explore the aspect of Being an Ally at the workplace and what managers can do to build a diverse and inclusive team.Linkedin :- https://www.linkedin.com/in/masroorjavid/?originalSubdomain=in