On Thursday 23rd May, Women in DevOps ambassadors Alfie Rice and Billie Spencer headed off to sunny Frankfurt for an inclusive panel session at this year's Tech Show Frankfurt, 'Decoding Intersectionality in DevOps: The Future of Belonging.'

We explored the impact created by building and nurturing intersectional teams, in particular, focussing on innovation, and challenging, thinking and encouraging fresh ideas to promote creative problem-solving. Other talking points included creating an open dialogue, actively listening and enabling psychological safety.

A final and significant topic addressed was the role of recruitment, and how accessible pathways, bias-free hiring and overall inclusion can help contribute to healthier hiring decisions.

From all at Women in DevOps, we would like to thank Shannon Kehoe, Erica Wolf, Frank Satterwhite and Julia Gätjens for their exceptional insights during this session.

Where will we be next? Stay tuned: we have more Women in DevOps sessions coming soon.