Why Google memo row may be a boon for equity in Indian workplaces

To achieve diversity, one should measure it, monitor it and then show them the data

Last week, James Damore, a software engineer at Google published his ten-page manifesto railing against the company’s diversity initiatives. His pop science laden argument on why men and women are biologically different, and hence equity in leadership aspirations are inherently futile, caused an uproar in the technology world. Believers in gender equality heaved a collective sigh of relief when he was swiftly fired, much faster than Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and without a #deletegoogle campaign to boot. Our faith on Google was restored.

But beyond the drama, Damore’s memo had some positives. It has forced people like me, practitioners in the