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While prior generations look at diversity from the perspectives of racial, ethnic, and gender representation, a recent study by Deloitte L.L.P. and the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative found that millennials (those born 1980-1995) are 35% more likely to focus on unique experiences, whereas 21% of non-millennials are more likely to focus on representation.
His argument is the same one that is repeated ad nauseum to minority groups in response to complaints about economic and social inequities: just work hard and you, black person, Hispanic, or woman, will get the same treatment as anyone else.
The main crux of the meeting was that while cybersecurity is critical for national security and the economy, it also remains an industry with a significant underrepresentation of minorities—specifically, women, African Americans, and Hispanics.
Adeagbo says he hit on the idea while volunteering as a mentor to a couple of computer science students. "These students knew they had someone who had their backs, whom they could look up to and reach out to when they needed help. I thought to myself: Every black software engineer could accomplish a lot if they had someone like this," says Adeagbo.
Executive Leadership Council President Ronald Parker talks taking the discussion of corporate diversity global and making way for the next generation of black professionals to lead.
