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Boosting diversity and inclusion to drive tech skilling

Team members who vary in age, gender, and even disability benefit from each other's perspectives. [iStockphoto]

At the most fundamental human level, encouraging diversity is a moral imperative; it is simply the right thing to do.

Even for organisations that only consider their bottom line, diversity has been shown to improve revenues. According to a 2018 study by the Boston Consulting Group, the revenues of businesses with more diverse management teams were up to 19 per cent higher than those without.

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