Daily Archives: July 6, 2018

CIO Spotlight: Alastair Pooley, Snow Software

Name: Alastair Pooley Company: Snow Software Job title: CIO Time in current role: 5 months Location: Bracknell, UK Alastair Pooley was appointed CIO of Snow Software in January of this year, taking responsibility for global IT strategy and implementation. Prior to his role at Snow, Pooley spent five years at multinational security company Sophos, where…

When diversity training backfires

I read a great piece the other day by author Robin DiAngelo (who literally wrote the book on white fragility) on how white people respond to workplace diversity training. It held few surprises: White people tend to react defensively, invoke white fragility, and claim they’re being attacked. One example even involved a woman whose co-workers…