Why Product Teams Should Embrace Diversity and Inclusion: Celebrating Women in Product
Diversity contributes to innovation, creativity and productivity in a product team.
Nowadays, the demand for innovation and creativity in the tech industry continues to grow, the need for diversity in product teams has become increasingly important. Women, in particular, bring unique perspectives, skill sets, and experiences to the table that can have a tremendous impact on the success of a product.
According to a McKinsey report: Gender equality within organizations can lead to a 15% increase in profit performance, improved customer experience, and better retention of skilled employees, especially when women hold higher-level positions.
But numbers tell we’re far from this
By doing a quick research you can find many sources of the statistics by gender around the world. For now, I will rely on Zippia’s numbers.
Zippia used a database of 30 million profiles to estimate demographics and statistics for product managers in the US. Their findings were verified against BLS, Census, and current job openings data. The following image shows some of the Product Management statisti…
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