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SPEAKER 1: At Microsoft, we have a long history of
innovating to address some of
the world's most complex challenges.
Collectively, organizations of the future
have an opportunity to put
that same willingness to learn,
that same commitment to evolve behind
confronting the real systemic inequities
in our industries.
Not because we have all the answers,
but because we believe in what is infinitely
possible when we innovate for inclusion.
Inclusion is the result of
actions we take daily in support of others.
But traditional D&I training has its limitations.
We ground our allyship program in
Microsoft's own growth mindset culture
to intentionally shift
behavior and pair it with
a company-wide performance priority to
ensure everyone is accountable for change.
We believe transparency drives accountability and
accountability builds trust as one of
the most transparent multinationals of our size,
we proactively share data about
our progress on representation and inclusion,
both in Microsoft's diversity and
inclusion report and racial equity initiative.
The conversation about identity in
the workplace is rapidly evolving.
To keep up, our industry must also evolve in an informed,
empathetic, and global way.
At Microsoft, we engage external experts to spark
employee and ecosystem conversations
on topics like intersectionality,
mental health, gender identity, and chosen families.
Innovation is limited,
where not everyone has access.
We support unique partnerships to
invest in students interested in technology careers.
We develop custom programs such
as the neurodiversity hiring program
and the Microsoft Software and Systems
Academy for transitioning military service members.
This way, we clear a path for future tech talent.
We set standards with
our inclusive benefits and ways of working
from gender-affirming care to travel expenses
for reproductive health care,
to hybrid workplace flexibility and mental,
physical and financial well-being services.
At Microsoft, the employee experience is designed so that
work and life can integrate to support each person.
Some challenges to inclusion go
beyond the workplace and require engagement
with governments and public institutions
from immigration rights to marriage equality.
At Microsoft, we leverage our platform to
address issues that impact the lived experience,
safety, and fundamental rights of
employees and their communities around the world.
As a company, our greatest innovations are
sparked from the minds of original thinkers, employees,
employees who rightfully look to us to create
a culture of inclusion that
enables everyone to achieve more.
At Microsoft, inclusion is
about having intention in all that we do.
The inspiration to envision an industry that
is even better tomorrow than it is today.
At Microsoft, inclusion is innovation.