About Us: Creating Change

We are changing the world for women and technology one woman at a time. The Anita Borg Institute:

• Offers workshops, publications and information aimed to develop leadership skills
• Celebrates and highlights the success of women who are changing the face of technology
• Provides programs that change the way technology is created, learned and taught
• Creates new communities to change the culture of technology
• Enables our sponsors to recruit, retain and develop technical women resulting in higher levels of technology innovation and better financial performance

Examples of Creating Change

Ten Lessons Implementing, Managing, Sustaining and Surviving Organizational Change by TechLeaders speakers and participants

1. Change is a hard and long process—don’t rush it, don’t underestimate it, and do acknowledge change takes time to happen
2. Expect resistance
3. Articulate a clear need and clear vision for change
4. C3 —communicate, communicate, communicate
5. Research the situation (like a software engineer) and don’t take it personally
6. Build alliance and consensus
7. Expect surprises—do not ignore naysayers and the undecided—instead seek them out
8. Go for it–treat change as an opportunity and have fun
9. Create early wins and measure success
10. Don’t rest on your laurels