WEBVTT - Microsoft Fires DEI Team & The Correct Approach To Diversity

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<v S1>And Microsoft has laid off their Dei team. Probably one

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<v S1>of them. I assume there's many, many, but laid off

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<v S1>its Dei team saying it's no longer business critical. I'm

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<v S1>not sure if this no longer business critical is an

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<v S1>actual quote from Microsoft leadership. It must be because this article,

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<v S1>which is a Business Insider article, probably quoted that correctly.

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<v S1>But okay. I mean, I think the overall sentiment is

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<v S1>worth noting, which is a lot of people are doing this.

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<v S1>A lot of people are rolling back Dei as like

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<v S1>a prime directive and realizing it should be about merit,

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<v S1>which I think is a good thing. I just don't

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<v S1>want them to go back to just hiring people that

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<v S1>look like you and sound like you, and respond to

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<v S1>questions like you, because then you get rid of diversity,

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<v S1>which is actually bad because you end up with like these,

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<v S1>these blinders. And you have to make sure that your

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<v S1>meritocracy is has a wide enough type of filter, right,

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<v S1>top of funnel. So you want to make sure you're

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<v S1>getting everyone there into this meritocracy filter and not just

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<v S1>looking for certain types of people because you think they

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<v S1>they come out at the bottom of the filter more often. Right?

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<v S1>So I think the concept of Dei is 100% correct,

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<v S1>and we need to 100% keep doing it. The implementation

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<v S1>that we've done over the last few years has been bad. And, uh,

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<v S1>it's good to see that rolling back.