>>Hey everyone. Lisa Martin here with John farrier. Welcome to the women in tech global event, featuring international women's day. John, this is an exciting day, March 8th, 2022. How did this all get started? >>Well, we started it out when we realized there was more stories to be told with virtual, with COVID. The virtualization of virtual events allowed us to do more stories. So we've been on this new format where we're creating seasons and episodic events, meaning you can still do an event and do 30 interviews like we're doing here for international women's day from around the world. We could have done a hundred there's enough stories out there. There's thousands of stories out there that need to be told, need to be scaled. And so we're just scratching the surface. So we are just starting to do is celebrate international women's day with as many videos we could do in a week, which is 30 and be part of widths and Stanford here in California, as part of their events with Stanford. And we're going to continue with international women's day. >>It's the big celebration, it's the big day, but then when it's over, we're going to continue with more episodes. So this is technically, I guess, season one episode, one of the international women's community site portal is going to be open and open to everyone. Who's going to be a community vibe and, uh, we'll get sponsors, but overall it's about bringing people together, creating tribes, letting people form their own communities and hopefully, uh, making the world a better place and supporting the mission, which is a great mission. Diversity inclusion and equity is a big mission. Uh, it's good for everyone. Everyone wins. >>Everyone does win. What are some of the interesting conversations that you've had with our international women's day guests that really were poignant to you? >>Well, the, one of the things was interesting by region. They had different kind of, um, feelings. The Asia Pacific was heavily skewed on a lot of international diversity around culture. Latin America was just all cloud computing. For instance, I felt that to be very technical, uh, more than agents in the interviews. Um, um, more diversity I study in Asia Pacific and Amy. It was really interesting because you have a lot going on there right now in Europe. So, um, and I'll see from a technical standpoint, data sovereignty and sustainability are two big themes. So from a tech trend standpoint, it was really amazing leaders. We interviewed, um, from technical, uh, folks to analysts, to senior executives in the C-suite. So it really good mix of people in the program. Uh, for today, >>We also had a young girl that I had the chance to speak with her and her father. And it was such a lovely conversation cause it reminded me of my dad's relationship with me. But she was told in high school age, no, you can't do physics. No, you can't do computer science. So the parents pulled her out of school. And so the, and she's brand new in her career path. And it was so nice to hear, to see that, that family, the role models within the family saying she wants to do physics and computer science. Let's find a place for her to be able to do that and have her start being able to, to build her own personal board of directors. At the age of like 22, 23, >>We hit an entrepreneur down in New Zealand. I interviewed she was from indigenous area and she had no milk or food on the table. They were so poor. They could barely get food. She worked her way through it and went to school. Education was number when it goes, she was so persistent, she got her education. And now she's the CEO of an AI company, amazing person. And she's like, Hey, there's no wall I can't run through. So that attitude was just so refreshing. And that was a consistent this year and it wasn't an in your face. It was just more of we're here, we're kicking butt. So let's keep it going. So on the entrepreneurial side, I found that really awesome on the senior leadership side, it was very much, um, community oriented, very open about sharing their experiences and also being a sponsor. So you're going to hear a lot about breaking the bias, but it's also about sponsoring opportunities and then helping people get involved so that they can get understand biases because everyone brings biases to the table. So I personally learned a lot this, this, this, uh, event. >>Yeah. I think the, the light that was shined on the bias was incredibly important. You know, the break, the bias, as you said, is the theme of this year's international women's day. And I, and I asked everybody that I spoke with, what does that mean to you? And where do you think we are on that journey? A world free of bias and stereotypes and discrimination. Obviously we're not there yet, but a lot of the women talked about the fact that that light is shining brightly, that the awareness is there, that for diversity equity and inclusion and having that awareness, there is a great launching launching pad, if you will, for being able to make more progress on actually breaking the bias. >>Yeah. That was a great point. I would also say to add to that by saying a lot of comments were on the same theme of check your bias when you fall, you speak in meetings. And it was just a lot of like protocol tactical, uh, ways to do things like, think about other people in the room versus just barreling ahead. Most guys do that actually. Um, and so that was another instructful thing. I think the other thing too was is that there was, again, more and more sharing. I mean, we had one person that you interviewed, her name was Anne green. Yeah. She's doing her own series. Uh, we're content. She's interviewing people, she's being a mentor and sharing it through content, Manny theory of AWS in Singapore, she's in space and Aero science talking about how the satellites are helping in the Ukraine, give information to everyone on the ground, not just governments and that's helping democracy. And that she's really excited that that contributes to some good there. Um, and she fled from a town where it was bombed. She was in a war zone and she escaped and got educated. So education's a theme. Um, don't let anyone tell you, you can't do it. Uh, and don't think there's only one pathway, right? This is tons of opportunities for participating in the tech economy for good, uh, in, in, in tech. So those are the keys. >>That's always been one of my favorite themes when we do women in tech events, John is that there is no direct pathway necessarily. I always love understanding those stories, but this year, one of the things that also was really clear was that women feeling what can't I do. And that sentiment was really echoed throughout. I think everybody that I spoke with that there was no, can I do this? Why can't I Not confidence? Which is palpable. Even when you're doing an interview by zoom, you can feel it. You can be inspired by, >>Well, at least a year, you do all the, a lot of the interviews. You're the face I had, you know, step aside for you because you're amazing. But one of the things you, you get appreciate this and love to get your reaction. One of the things I observed this year was because it was international focus, there was huge cube demand to be come to their region. We had one of the guests that won from Bahrain. She's like, I'll do the cube here. I'll be the host. So I think there was a real appetite for this kind of open dialogue conversations where they want the cube to come to their area. And so I know anyone watching wants to be a cube host in those areas, let us know, um, we're open. And to me that was more refreshing. Cause you know, me, I always wanna see the cube global go everywhere. But this year people are actually turning on their own cameras. They're doing their own interviews. They're sharing content and content creates community and bonding. And that was the big experience I saw this year was a lot more user generated activity engagement with each other in the group. >>I think that may have even been a product of the last two years of the pandemic of people really understanding the importance of community and collaboration and that it can be done via if you're only limited to video, you can do that. You can build a community and grow it and foster it in that way and create the content that really helps support it. >>That's a great point. That's actually one of the guests said COVID polled the future forward and digital. We see the value and other on the cyber side, um, Sally, as I mentioned there, um, earlier who we interviewed before, she's a cyber policy analyst and she's so smart. She's like, yeah, this is putting fold forward. And people understand cyber now, cyber misinformation, cyber war, the role of working at home, being isolated versus community. These are core societal issues that need to be solved and it's not just code that solves them. So it's going to be solved by the community. And that's really, that was the key. One of the key messages. It was very refreshing. >>It was very refreshing. I always love hearing the stories. I, the more personal the story, the more real it is and the more opportunities I think that it unlocks for the audience watching. Yeah, >>I mean, we had one person said she did a project on the side. It's going to be your big initiative within Amazon. You know, Amazon, one of our sponsors has a slogan think big, but deep dive deep. And she took a project on about educating, um, young girls and young women. And it turned out to be basically a build lab inside schools. And it took off. It is so successful side project, side hustle gone, gone big. So again, sparks of creativity, innovation can come from anywhere. It's just great stories. >>Another thing that came up in several of the conversations that I had was the data, the data that support that organizations that have at least 30% females at the executive level are better performing organizations. They are more profitable as well. So it was fun to kind of call out if we're talking about data science, what not the data that supports why international women's day is what it is, why it's becoming even bigger than that and the importance of showcasing those voices so that she can be what she can see. >>Yeah. Amazing stories. I got to say it again. I think the virtual studios where we have now with the pandemic is going to give us much more opportunities to get those stories out. And Lisa, you've done an amazing job. Your interviews were awesome. Thank you. And we can do a hundred. We'll give you a hundred interviews a week. >>We can, are you setting me up? No, it was fun. The international influence this year was fun. I mean, I think I started one of my interview days at 6:00 AM and it was just exciting to be able to connect to different parts of the world and to hear these stories and for the cube to be able to be the platform that is sharing all of that >>And the diversity of the interviews itself and the diversity of the environments that for instance, in Asia Pacific and your are diverse areas and they see it it's much further along. They live it every day. They know the benefits. So that again, that was another aha moment for us, I think this year. >>So how many, how many segments do we have for international women's day John >>30 segments, uh, 32 counting our little segments here. So 32 interviews. Um, we're going to probably add a section on the site for people to submit stories like a directory, uh, this, a zillion things going on, women of web three, Sandy, Carter's putting on an event. I know there's a security called. She S she scarcity events, she security, uh, going on women in security. Um, there's tons of activities it's vibrant tomorrow. Today. It'll be very much bumping up. So we'll try to curate as much links as possible. >>Awesome. John has been great doing this program with you. I look forward to seeing the interviews and being inspired by the many, many stories. You're going to be watching the cubes coverage of women in tech global event, featuring international women's day for John furrier. I'm Lisa Martin. We'll see you soon.