#300 5 Things I learned from Careless People by Sarah Wynn Williams

About this episode

In this milestone episode, Leyla Okhai discusses insights from the book 'Careless People' by Sarah Wynn Williams, focusing on the contradictions in big tech's culture and its implications for workplace justice.

Welcome to the 300th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast! In this milestone episode, I am discussing the eye-opening book Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn Williams. As we enter Women’s History Month, I explore how the internal culture of big tech often contradicts the glossy public images of inclusion, and what this teaches us about building truly just workplaces.

People in this episode

Host: Leyla Okhai

Topics covered

• big tech culture
• inclusion
• workplace justice
• Women’s History Month
• power and greed

Keywords

• big tech
• inclusion
• workplace culture
• Women’s History Month
• power
• greed
• idealism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

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