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At this year’s conference you’ll see us address this topic on both the
main stage and on the Small and Medium Enterprise stage, where many
thought leaders will share their experiences and unique perspectives. But
we won’t be stopping there. In August 2019 we launched our first Next
Generation Leadership Symposium and were fortunate to have 38 leaders
and rising stars in aerospace join us for a series of interactive sessions.
The hunger in the room for the content exceeded our expectations with
one attendee commenting, “I met a lot of seasoned leaders and up and
coming leaders who will be taking the torch soon. We all have more to
learn. Let’s keep the momentum going with the next topic.” Keep your
eyes peeled for our 2020 symposiums in April and August.
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A DIVERSE WORKFORCE – WOMEN IN AEROSPACE & DIVERSITY: IT’S GOOD
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You don’t have to look very far to see that aerospace has a more
demographically homogenous workforce than many other industries.
Why does it matter? Because study after study shows that businesses that
embrace diversity are more successful, in many cases directly impacting
the bottom line. As business becomes more global, never has it been
more important to embrace a diverse range of ideas and perspectives.
From increased creativity to a better understanding of customers, the
benefits are clear across all facets of a business.
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PNAA has made a focused effort to diversify both speakers and content
at our Annual Conference; you’ll see it in both the panels and the
keynotes. This year we are honored to be joined by Barbara Annis, a
world-renowned gender expert who has worked with many Fortune 500
companies to break out of old patterns of thinking. Beyond the conference
we will be continuing our commitment to Women In Aerospace, an annual
conference that has doubled in size in the last two years and now draws
in almost 300 womxn and men. Following the success of our inaugural
Diversity: It’s Good for Business symposium and our diversity showcase
at Skills Inc., we will also be holding several diversity events in 2020. We
sincerely hope you will join us on this journey.
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However, diversity continues to be a challenge. As recognized by Marion
Blakey, former President and CEO of Aerospace Industries Alliance,
“We do not have both enough women (and) people of color coming
in. And when we do, we tend to lose them at a greater rate.” It’s time
to thoroughly discuss the challenge rather than window dressing the
problem. We need to get to the heart of what it means to create and
sustain Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace: real grassroots change,
change that inspires “others” to join the industry and encourages the
“outliers” within the industry to stay.
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