It's one thing to get women through the door.
It's a whole different thing to be able to sustain them once they get through.
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I'm Dr. Christyl Johnson. I am the deputy center director for technology and research investments here
at Goddard Space Flight Center, and I'm responsible for shaping the missions of the future in
astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science, and then developing a technology portfolio of investments to
make sure that those technologies are ready in time for those innovative missions.
For this year's Sustaining Women in STEM roundtable, we are going to focus on the culture shift that's going to be
necessary in order to get organizations ready to
take advantage of the innovative youth that are coming out of school these days.
Once you've gotten them through the door, how are we shifting the culture, internal to our organizations,
so that we can actually sustain a diverse workplace?
In order for us to create, in order for us to innovate,
there must be diverse people coming to the table.
People with different backgrounds, different exposures, different experiences bringing their uniqueness to the table.
That's the way that we're going to innovate. So we've got to focus on
what can we do globally to
shift the culture
so that this is the right place for innovation?
Sustaining Women in STEM: Making the Shift