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Podcast: Business Is Boring
Episode: What the tech sector can learn from pop culture fandoms
Description: What exactly could loving One Direction have to do with fixing the diversity pipeline problem in tech? Well if you hear ‘One Direction’ and go into dismissal mode, that might just be the root of the problem. A few years ago a tech industry leader in law gave a presentation at a serious Berlin tech conference about how perhaps the diversity pipeline problem could be traced back to the way that traditionally female spaces of fandom have been minimised online.It was based around fan fiction, One Direction secret love affair conspiracies and honouring how people’s enthus...