{"id":56645,"date":"2021-09-17T19:18:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/companies-that-ignore-diversity-will-lose-out-leading-women-in-space-say\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T19:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:18:27","slug":"companies-that-ignore-diversity-will-lose-out-leading-women-in-space-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/companies-that-ignore-diversity-will-lose-out-leading-women-in-space-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies that Ignore Diversity Will Lose Out, Leading Women in Space Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karina Perez Molina has not always felt represented in the space industry. At space conferences in the past, she sees herself more in the service staff than in the keynotes and experts on stage. <\/p>\n<p>Perez Molina, who is a co-founder of the Zed Factor Fellowship, which encourages students from underrepresented backgrounds in aerospace careers, appeared on the main stage at the SATELLITE 2021 conference on Sept. 9. She spoke alongside a group of women taking a hard look at the state of diversity in the space industry, and how it needs to move forward.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2021 Wrap Up Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be here because I didn\u2019t feel as represented in our industry as I would have liked to. Usually when attending these types of conferences, I see myself when I see the service staff, but never really around the conference, or on the actual stage,\u201d she said. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s very important to open those doors and see more people like our fellows eventually sitting on stage.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Debra Facktor, head of U.S. Space Systems for Airbus Defence and Space, put the situation in blunt terms \u2014 diversity is good for business. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch shows that diverse teams, diverse companies, those who have women and minority representation on their board, C-suite and through the leadership teams perform better. It\u2019s just a fact \u2014 their stock price is higher and their returns are better,\u201d Facktor said. \u201cThis points to the collaboration and innovation that comes out of bringing new voices and perspectives to problem solving.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6d4f90c3f94;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6d4f90c3f94 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6d4f90c3f95').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6d4f90c3f95'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yet as anyone who looked around the SATELLITE 2021 conference could tell, the space industry has a ways to go. There aren\u2019t many reports on the issue from the space industry, but a 2020 survey of aerospace and defense manufacturers by <em>Aviation Week<\/em> found that the number of women in aerospace and defense is around 24 percent, and only about 6 percent of respondent\u2019s workers identified as Black and less than 8 percent as Hispanic\/Latino.<\/p>\n<p>Josephine Millward, head of research for venture capital firm Seraphim Capital, said she sees the disparity among entrepreneurs. She said she has been surprised by how few female entrepreneurs she has met, especially when working in Europe. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it has a lot to do with the investor community. It\u2019s very male-dominated and people tend to back people who look and sound like them. We all have biases that we\u2019re not really aware of,\u201d Millward said. <\/p>\n<p>Giselle Stewart, senior manager of Diversity and Inclusion for Boeing, pointed to the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 as a watershed moment for the company. Stewart said that Boeing leadership reflected and shifted the trajectory from talking to action. At the same time, the board of directors began to push for and expect progress in equity and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s probably where I saw the biggest paradigm shift,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been saying it for years, and have a commitment all over our company website. It was a difference in transparency that increased a shift in our strategy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This year, in line with that transparency, Boeing released its first-ever Global Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Report. The report found that overall, about 24 percent of Boeing employees are women, and 31 percent are racial and ethnic minorities. The report included company goals including increasing the Black representation rate among its U.S. workforce by 20 percent and achieving parity in retention rates of all groups.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart shared a practical habit that Boeing is encouraging called \u201cseek, speak, and listen.\u201d It encourages employees to seek out different opinions on a problem, encourage others to speak, and truly listen to what is being said. <\/p>\n<p>It might seem basic, she said, but \u201cthere are things we tend to do on a daily basis that we ignore. Just thinking about those three habits has really shifted how teams collaborate and engage,\u201d Stewart said. <\/p>\n<p>Facktor of Airbus said that earlier in her career, when she was the only woman in the meeting, an idea she shared was ignored, and then brought up a few minutes later and claimed by a man. A customer in the meeting stood up for her and said: \u201cDeborah brought that up a couple of minutes ago. I\u2019m glad you agree, let\u2019s take it forward.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6d4f90c4437;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6d4f90c4437 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6d4f90c4438').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6d4f90c4438'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you sit at the table, you have a voice. Include others. If you see that happen where somebody\u2019s idea is picked up, then you [can speak up],\u201d Facktor said. \u201cYou exhibit the behavior of what you want to happen for others. A simple takeaway is how we can all have that behavior and what difference that makes in changing our conversations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Companies that don\u2019t take diversity and inclusion into account are going to lose out \u2014 on employee talent, investments, and supply chain security, the panelists all agreed. <\/p>\n<p>Stewart tied diversity into the current trend that is being called \u201cthe Great Resignation.\u201d Companies that don\u2019t focus on diversity will be limited in their ability to attract top talent, she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have options and opportunities to pursue companies wherever they want to be,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cThinking about the generation that we\u2019re attracting, they care about a company\u2019s commitment to diversity and inclusion. If your company doesn\u2019t express that commitment or reflect that in its representation, it\u2019s going to be hard to be the innovative, disruptive company that we all want to be.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 429:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bnfZLvP6S02yGwI0Hn5q_SatShow-21-2358-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bnfZLvP6S02yGwI0Hn5q_SatShow-21-2358-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bnfZLvP6S02yGwI0Hn5q_SatShow-21-2358-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bnfZLvP6S02yGwI0Hn5q_SatShow-21-2358-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bnfZLvP6S02yGwI0Hn5q_SatShow-21-2358.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tDesign Constraints and Integration Challenges Drive the Search for the Perfect Antenna<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 428:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/XYUYAgHSRuqBTPFj2bim_Ground20Cost-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/XYUYAgHSRuqBTPFj2bim_Ground20Cost-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/XYUYAgHSRuqBTPFj2bim_Ground20Cost-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/XYUYAgHSRuqBTPFj2bim_Ground20Cost-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/XYUYAgHSRuqBTPFj2bim_Ground20Cost.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tGround Segment Faces Upheaval and Transformation With the Entry of Cloud Giants<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 427:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDK5oeFVQ8S7NfXEVKKU_SatShow-21-2816-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDK5oeFVQ8S7NfXEVKKU_SatShow-21-2816-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDK5oeFVQ8S7NfXEVKKU_SatShow-21-2816-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDK5oeFVQ8S7NfXEVKKU_SatShow-21-2816-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NDK5oeFVQ8S7NfXEVKKU_SatShow-21-2816.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tMarketplace Interest in Laser Communications Grows as the Technology Matures<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karina Perez Molina has not always felt represented in the space industry. 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