Season 4: Diversity & Inclusion

Today is our final episode of Season Four. Yes, this is the end of another season and one of the things that made this season especially fun were the three wonderful cohosts who joined us on the show: Kate Rostance, Kelly Molson and Erica Quessenberry. In this final episode, all of us join together to look back over the season, touching on some of the ways various guests have impacted us and we share some of our most important takeaways.

On today’s show we are joined again by our co-host, Kate, co-founder of Fat Free Media. This episode is the second of our two part conversation with Dan Robertson, President of Vercida Consulting. Dan’s expertise lies in workplace diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias and inclusive leadership.

n this episode, we are once again joined by our co-host, Kate , who is the co-founder of Fat Free Media. Our guest on the show today is Harry Gordon, who joins us to discuss what it means to truly influence and change society for the better. Harry is a senior developer in an agency in Edinburgh and has recently started a group called Carers in Tech.

In this episode we are joined by Hilary Stephenson, Founder and Managing Director of Sigma Consulting Solutions, a leading specialist in user experience. Sigma takes an inclusive approach to improve the usability and accessibility of digital products and services, including websites, intranets, mobile apps, and software. 

On the show today we welcome Peter Aitken from the Global Diversity CFP Day and Litmus.  Peter is here to tell us all about the great and somewhat surprising success his efforts have had in creating a more inclusive and encouraging space for underrepresented persons at tech events.

On today’s show we welcome Asad Dhunna. Asad is the inspirational founder of The Unmistakables, which is an independent consultancy made up of minorities with a mission to make organizations and campaigns more representative of modern society, both inside and out. They combine HR, marketing and communications principles to help leaders develop companies and campaigns that better reflects our diverse and gender fluid society.

On this episode of Happy Porch Radio we welcome Carole Rennie Logan to give us her perspectives and experiences as a woman working in tech in Glasgow. Carole is Development Team Lead at the Glasgow based agency, Equator and won the award for Inspirational Woman of the Year at the Scotland Women in Tech Awards this year!

In this episode we welcome Chris Howard, a co-leader from Intertech LGBT+ Diversity Forum. We have a fascinating discussion with Chris as he takes us through the work he and Intertech do and their specific approach to diversity, inclusion, and transformation. 

On the show today we welcome Elizabeth Gibbons, who is the Director of Client Services at Zeroseven in Brisbane, Australia. Zeroseven is a digital development house in the heart of Brisbane that works in partnership with their clients on long term digital solutions that use best practice in design, development, and usability.