Building a truly diverse and inclusive tech industry is about more than hiring quotas or one-off initiatives. It requires examining the systemic barriers that prevent people from entering the field, advancing within it, and feeling like they belong. It’s a challenge that touches recruitment, culture, leadership, and even how we design products.

I joined Ben Quinn, Mark Scheepens, and Kim van Wilgen for a roundtable discussion on the Leap into Tech podcast to talk about diversity in the tech market — sharing our different perspectives on what’s holding progress back and what real change looks like in practice.