GoGetty

15/10/2019

March this year, we pitched GoGetty and why D&I is both profitable and sustainable to three potential investors as part of Anders Morgenthalerpodcast about sustainable investments, Donutmodellen published by Politiken

As you might know, we have since expanded the business with the consultancy firm Diversity Factor (www.diversityfactor.dk) 🙌🏻

Give the podcast a listen: https://politiken.dk/podcast/donutmodellen/art7438869/Mangfoldighed-i-toppen-skaber-v%C3%A6kst-p%C3%A5-bundlinjen 🍩🌸

13/10/2019

Earlier this week, Mette Østergaard signed Berlingske's editorial arguing that Berlingske would not use an language towards other genders than female or male.

No surprise, we don’t agree. Because an inclusive language is the foundation to ensure that everybody is part of the conversation and that their voices get heard.

Read co-founder Helene Aagaard words (in DK).

Mette Østergaard skrev 6. oktober en leder i Berlingske om, at Berlingske ikke kommer til at referere til non-binære med ikke-kønnede pronomener, fordi »det for os er vigtigt ...

07/10/2019

Based on responds from 2000 workplaces, the employer’s willingness to hire a qualified applicant falls from around 70% to about 22%, if the applicant is using a wheelchair which requires minor adjustments at the workplace.

Even when they are told that the job centre has recommended the applicant or that it is possible to get financial support to adjust the workplace, the increase in companies willingness to hire applicant with disabilities is not a whole lot different. This is regardless of the place being a public or private organisation.

Learn more right now on gogetty.co

04/10/2019

Even though, it would be nice, if we could just be allowed to be Trine Askholm Olrik, founder of InnovatorQ, and Helene Aagaard, CEO of Diversity Factor and co-founder of GoGetty, we cannot change that we are also women - something we actually don't want to change. That acknowledgement leaves us with both opportunities and limitations.

We are talking gender and consequences in an opinion piece in today's Altinget.dk (in Danish). Go read.

KRONIK: Vi kan ikke ændre på, at vi er kvinder, og at vores køn stiller lige så mange muligheder som begrænsninger op, skriver de to iværksættere Helene Aagaard og Trine Askholm.

02/10/2019

Dear Customers, Partners and Friends

Ewelina has decided to step down as CEO of GoGetty. Helene will take up the position as CEO of GoGetty and further develop GoGetty as the platform, making diversity data transparent and easily available for both talents and companies walking the talk. As the founder of GoGetty, Ewelina has made a huge contribution to the efforts of bringing more into business, as well as society as a whole.

Going forward, GoGetty will be owned by Diversity Factor, a full-service agency focused on , including recruitment, network, strategy and communication. We have a strong belief that by combining data transparency - the foundation of GoGetty - with our expert knowledge and advisory skills in Diversity Factor, we can further support companies reaping the benefits of strengthening .

We are live on www.diversityfactor.dk. The site is currently under construction, but reach out if you want to know more. We are looking forward to the continued cooperation with our solution partners and the companies that have already made their diversity data transparent - and of course also those ready to jump onboard and start the journey towards more

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01/10/2019

(D&I) is becoming increasingly popular for companies both to focus on and to brand themselves with. But how do you find out whether a company is just "D&I-washing"? We are giving you four points you should look out for as a job applicant – after having checked the company out on GoGetty of course.

Go read, and if you have more points to add to the list, please leave a comment below!

26/09/2019

Yesterday, our co-founder Helene and the Danish artist Kristian von Hornsleth Public held an after-work talk about art x diversity and inclusion. Moderator Trine Askholm Olrik structured the debate around topics such as where are women in art and how are they treated, girl gaze vs male gaze and sexualisation of the female body in art. Thank you to everyone, who came and joined the lively debate!

25/09/2019

A new Danish study shows that gender balance also has positive effects on work performance.

Associate Professor Florence Villesèche from Copenhagen Business School and Professor Jakob Lauring from Aarhus Universitet have collected data from more than 1,000 academic leaders from universities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Holland.

The results show that openness towards diversity is positively related to team performance, and that the relation is strongest in teams that are closest to a 50/50 gender balance.

Read more on www.gogetty.co

22/09/2019

Your Sunday read is up...

If companies are to remain attractive to new talents, especially , it requires courage and ability to change and focus on .

Based on the learnings from the Penny report, Linnéa Schmidt from Moneypenny and More and GoGetty's co-founder Helene Aagaard, are talking gender diversity in an opinion piece in today's Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).

Hvis virksomhederne skal blive ved med at være attraktive for især generation Z, kræver det mod til forandring.

20/09/2019

Thanks to entire crew at TechBBQ for hosting an amazing conference, and a special thanks to Marie Valentin Beck for moderating the debate on myths of gender in tech together with Camilla Ley Valentin, Matias Pollmann-Larsen, Sherry List and GoGetty's co-founder Helene Aagaard.

We're so sorry that we had to cancel the workshop, but as many noticed our co-founder Helene did look a bit pale on stage (say hello the flu from hell 🤒)

The show must go on, so we will try to see, if we can set up another workshop on 'How the get started working with diversity'. Let us know, if you already now know that this is something you want to block in your calendar. Just slide into our DM’s.

17/09/2019

VR is now being described as an “empathy machine”, because VR technology has proven to actually being able to affect our empathy.

Stanford University has conducted a study about VR and empathy in which 560 people participated. The participants were presented to stories and lives of homelessness in different forms.

Those participants using VR rather than just written text or on a screen, were more prone to answer that the homeless’ lives mattered to them personally and also agreed to a larger extent that society does not do enough to help the homeless.

16/09/2019

TechBBQ is putting on the agenda for this year's festival. And we are there to support, discuss and workshop.

Come say hi, when GoGetty's co-founder Helene hosts a workshop on 'How to get started working with diversity' on Thursday at 4pm, and learn the easiest steps to get started on the journey towards more .

You can also joined the discussion, when our co-founder Helene debates myths of gender diversity in tech together with Camilla Ley Valentin, Sherry List, Matias Pollmann-Larsen and Marie Valentin Beck also on Thursday at 10.45am.