Women are chronically underrepresented in the tech sector. Perhaps more alarming is that the trend is headed in the wrong direction. While women earn about half of science and engineering degrees, they make up less than 20 percent of people employed in these fields. And for many who enter this career path, they are commonly the only person of their gender in a room.
With this reality, McKinsey has created a video series of women leaders in STEM to celebrate these trailblazers and their perseverance. Featuring senior women at the firm in conversations with entrepreneurs, CIOs, financiers, and more—they share stories of how they got to where they are today and the ways they’re working on bringing greater diversity to the field.
Episode 4: Advice to Future Leaders
In our fourth segment of our Women in STEM series, we talk with Alice Bentinck, co-founder of Entrepreneur First; Barbara Salami, VP of Digital for Commercial at Moderna; Chandrika Tandon, chair of the board of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Elham Al Qasim, CEO of Digital14; and Monica Caldas, CIO of Liberty Mutual on advice they have for future generations of women navigating their careers—whether in a crisis or not.
Episode 3: Mentorship and Sponsorship
In this third segment of our Women in STEM series, we talked with Alice Bentinck, Barbara Salami, Chandrika Tandon, Elham Al Qasim, and Monica Caldas, CIO of Liberty Mutual on how they’ve sought out mentorship and sponsorship and ways they’re doing the same for others.
Episode 2: Building diverse teams
In this second episode of our Women in STEM series, we talked with Alice Bentinck, Barbara Salami, Chandrika Tandon, Elham Al Qasim, and Monica Caldas on building diverse teams—why it matters and how they do it.
Episode 1: Overcoming challenges
We kicked off the series with the theme “Overcoming challenges”—whether that is leading during a pandemic, being the only woman on a team, or embarking on something never done before.