Forbes – Nick Morrison
“Getting more women into the STEM workforce would lead to better performance and better products, according to global consultancy firm Accenture. The Fortune Global 500 company was today hosting a series of events aimed at encouraging girls to consider careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects when they leave school. Women make up just a quarter of the STEM workforce but closing the gap would not only help tackle the skills shortage in the tech industries, it would also lead to better performance, said Emma McGuigan, managing director of Accenture’s technology division in the U.K. and Ireland. “We all know that you get the best team performance when you have diverse teams and people from different genders and backgrounds. That is when you get the best ideas,” she said.”(more)