Dear Wells Fargo CEO: Here is your Diversity Pipeline Solution
Dear Mr. Scharf, I’ve read various articles on your statement about diverse talent pipelines. I’m sure by now you’ve come to understand why your statement ruffled the feathers of many. Instead of adding to the plethora of voices that have expressed disdain for your statement, I seek to present a solution to the problem you described.
Last year, I joined a group of business leaders organized by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce to attend Leadership Study Mission in Austin, TX. The goal of our trip was to understand how Austin’s intentionality around building a technology ecosystem led to great success. A good friend of mine, Joshua Mundy, was apart of the group. He and I discussed how remarkable it was to see a city set a goal and accomplish in grand fashion. Despite everything we saw in Austin, the lack of diversity in the technology sector was blatantly apparent. Josh, being the visionary entrepreneur he is, vowed to return to Nashville and focus on building a pipeline of technology talent that was highly inclusive from a diversity perspective. Later in the year, he and Quawn Clark, an entrepreneur and software developer, launched Pivot Technology School.
