PTC Webinar Series: Frictionless Business – Dismantling Barriers and Accelerating Equity and Opportunity

The May webinar “Dismantling Barriers and Accelerating Equity and Opportunity,” in the PTC Webinar Series: Frictionless Business, centered around the investment organizations have been making in corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Featured panelists:

Tara Kristick, Head of Wholesale & Satellite Sales, Americas, Telstra
Sonal Patel, Vice President of Marketing, Verizon Partner Solutions
Nico Roehrich, Manager Network Investment, APAC, Facebook
Felix Seda, General Manager, NJFX

Paul Hastings’ Tara Giunta moderated the discussion on the group’s strategies and approaches, including how they have put action behind intentions.

What does diversity mean for companies and how has that changed over time?

“For diversity to really come alive in an organization, there needs to be a culture of equity, inclusion, belonging, and a leadership team that really fosters that,” Telstra’s Tara Kristick opened.

“Historically, diversity has been correlated with demographics,” Verizon’s Sonal Patel noted. “We’ve really widened the scope of that definition to really look at diversity in belief, diversity in thought, diversity of perspective, and bringing all of that into the organization.”

“The challenge now is how do you start to really integrate diversity of thought,” added Nico Roehrich, after describing the goal-setting Facebook has done and what needs to happen next.

“Diversity is about fostering innovation, it’s about cultivating new ideas and empowering new ideas and fresh thought into the workplace,” shared NJFX’s Felix Seda. “That’s at the very forefront of what we as a company are trying to do.”