This year, at our festive Wix Engineering conference, I decided not to do my usual thing: give a talk about resilience, production engineering, or AI.
Instead, in an era where machines are becoming better at being machines🤖, I decided to talk about how we can become better at being humans👫 and work better together as teams.
So I created a new talk: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗮𝘀
Why do so many of us instinctively shrug when conversations about bias & diversity come up, and yet still struggle to create truly diverse teams, even though it’s 2026 already?!?
I shared my personal journey into the world of diversity:
How I started on the opposing side, believing that talking about diversity only makes things worse.
What changed my perspective.
The turning points, revelations, and experiences that eventually led me to become a diversity activist 🤩 .
We talked about the invisible biases we ALL carry, how they shape hiring, feedback, meetings, promotions, confidence, and opportunities.
And most importantly, we discussed practical tools for how each and every one of us can make a difference in our day-to-day:
By being more aware, By being allies and by taking small but impactful steps that help people truly feel like they belong, show their skills, potential, and succeed.
What made me happiest was seeing the openness in the room and receiving so much thoughtful feedback afterward from people who shared that the talk resonated with them, made them reflect, and sparked team conversations.
Because at the end of the day, building great technology is important.
But building environments where people can truly thrive together is what makes engineering organizations great & sustainable💪.
Thank you to everyone who attended, challenged, shared, reflected, and continued the conversation afterward ❤️
Stay tuned for the recording coming soon...
