Does Company Size Impact Happiness at Work?
Over the past three years, Aleria has collected thousands of experiences of exclusion through our measuring inclusion platform from employees of small startups to global corporations. We started to wonder if and how there were differences in the factors that...
Your Startup Grows Faster than Your People
Between my first and second MBA years at Stanford, I was an intern at a well known tech company. That summer, it celebrated its 10th anniversary and had been a tremendous, early innovator in the tech industry, setting the stage for much of what we recognize in...
The Changing Gender Roles in Family Finances
In my marriage, I’m in charge of the family finances. I run the house. It’s not like my husband isn’t involved in that stuff, but I’m the one who deals with the accountants and the bankers and the lawyers. I deal with most of it because I am...
Embiggening, Setting Intentions and Making Room for the Voices Around You
In the second season of Pondering Allyship, host Corey Ponder, SWITCH’s Senior Director of Empathy and Allyship, sat down with Judith Martinez, CEO of InHerShoes and globally renowned voice for gender equity and social advocacy. Her lens as an entrepreneur and...
Bear market? Here’s why you should get gender-smart.
We’re officially in a bear market: a moment when investors tend to turn inward, doubling down on the same types of founders, fund managers, and sectors they’ve historically invested in, in the perception that it is safer to invest in what is already familiar and...
The Underserved Market of Menopause
Menopause is an inevitable part of life for women and most other people with vulvas. As with all of the underserved topics we’ve covered, this is no different in that it’s historically been taboo, concealed, and brushed under the rug. Today we discuss...
Diversity is Friction at its Finest
Below is a transcript of a talk our author gave for HR Leaders at Checkr, Namely, and Greenhouse about inclusive leadership, adapted as a blog post. Let’s play a word association game. As you’re reading this, I want you to write down the words or phrases that...SWITCH Dinner at Collision Conference 2022
SWITCH’s Dinner was co-hosted by Kate Brodock, CEO of SWITCH and GP of The W Fund, and Zoey McKenzie, Investor and Advisor, and presented by UNACTO. We loved seeing our friends, old and new, and are excited to share photos from the event! We kindly ask that you...