By Allison Master Sep 23 2015 Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is the person with anyone? What kinds of hobbies might he or she have? Chances are that you imagined someone who is: male, white or Asian American, kind of geeky-looking and sitting alone at a computer. This typifies the stereotypical image of computer science in American culture. And this image has only solidified over the past 30 years: so much so that high school girls say things like : when I heard “computer science,” I pictured nerdy boys, who turned into nerdy bearded men, slouched over huge computers and click-clacking out codes that meant nothing to me. The real problem is that this geeky representation may prevent girls from seriously considering a career in computer science. As it is, women are highly underrepresented in computer science. In recent years, only 18% of college degrees have gone to women. I am p...
by Mary Harper, 02.02.2016 @mbamaung Disruption is in, bu t you need to find your own style, writes Standard Life's Mary Harper. It’s official. Innovation is out, disruption is in. Making things better is so 20th century. Smashing it out of the court with something mind-blowing is the new black. We’ve all heard the "we live in an age of disruption" adage. We certainly live in an age of talking about disruption, if the data is to be believed. Every industry is bursting with examples of inspiring start-ups that have caused uproar and panic in traditional verticals, like the now infamous Airbnb and Uber, and organisations are rushing to set up innovation labs and ‘accelerators’ in a bid to keep up. But what is disruption really? And is attempting to launch an entirely new business model via a centralised ‘disruption incubator’ the only way incumbents can respond? What kind of disruptor are you? Consider these definitions of disruption: "A radic...
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