0:00:00 > 0:00:08for the 100 Women season - Breaking the Glass Ceiling.
0:00:08 > 0:00:14We are challenging teams of women in four locations around the world.The
0:00:14 > 0:00:21everyday problems that their wives face.In the workplace. We need a
0:00:21 > 0:00:26working protocol by tomorrow morning.In education. It is small
0:00:26 > 0:00:31but functional, the Origi isn't showing up.On public transport.50
0:00:31 > 0:00:36more today or something.Seriously? And on the sports field.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Using BBC outlets, the teams can appeal for help from around the
0:00:45 > 0:00:50world.They have just one week to find a modern solution to a
0:00:50 > 0:00:56long-standing issue.Welcome to the first-ever BBC 100 Women 2017.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Silicon Valley in northern California in the United States is
0:01:15 > 0:01:21home to some of the most famous companies in the world. The jokes
0:01:21 > 0:01:26here are well-paid, in high demand, and highly demanding. And more
0:01:26 > 0:01:30recently the issue of who is filling those jobs, especially at a senior
0:01:30 > 0:01:37level, is proving to be extremely contentious. The San Andreas fault
0:01:37 > 0:01:42line runs right through the region. It isn't the only flaw in the area.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Not too far from here in Silicon Valley, there is growing concern
0:01:46 > 0:01:49about the gender gap around the boardroom tables in the tech
0:01:49 > 0:01:56industry.Ladies all across the world, listen up.We have pulled
0:01:56 > 0:02:00together a team of courageous women prepared to tackle the gender
0:02:00 > 0:02:04divide. It is in the biggest issue facing the tech industry right now,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08it is a broader problem across the working world too.Representing all
0:02:08 > 0:02:14the women.Salute. Here is what they are up against. In Silicon Valley,
0:02:14 > 0:02:20just one in ten senior positions are held by women. A recent survey of
0:02:20 > 0:02:23the world 's tech powerhouse found that 60% have faced unwanted sexual
0:02:23 > 0:02:29advances. 65% felt left out from social events because they were a
0:02:29 > 0:02:37woman. And 84% have been told they were too aggressive. Ultimately,
0:02:37 > 0:02:46women end up quitting tech jobs that more than double the rate of men.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Let's meet our core team of four women, all working in the Bay area.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Reuter is a design strategist at JP Morgan Chase. She likes to collide
0:02:56 > 0:03:01the digital and the physical world. Once we have these women in the
0:03:01 > 0:03:05workplace, how to accommodate an environment that is suitable and is
0:03:05 > 0:03:12inviting?Roman is a scene in manager in a tea and advises
0:03:12 > 0:03:16companies of ethical use of AI.I systematically seem a female
0:03:16 > 0:03:20students be offered lift the core roles or being told they are not a
0:03:20 > 0:03:25good culture fit.Natalia came to computer science late. She found
0:03:25 > 0:03:30herself on an engineering course and is now software engineer who loves
0:03:30 > 0:03:33coding.It is already a minefield working in the industry is that we
0:03:33 > 0:03:37have to work harder. Anyone who isn't part of the dominant culture
0:03:37 > 0:03:42has to work so much harder.And lorry he was an academic and gender
0:03:42 > 0:03:45research at Stanford University. Even people who are on board may
0:03:45 > 0:03:53still be implicitly or unconsciously disadvantage in women.OK, ladies.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00It is time to reveal what your challenge is. You have five days to
0:04:00 > 0:04:04find out what is holding women back from the boardroom in the tech
0:04:04 > 0:04:08industry and then come up with a solution that could improve the
0:04:08 > 0:04:15situation for them and you must reveal your ideas to a group of your
0:04:15 > 0:04:22peers at the end of this week.Let's do it!To help our team get an even
0:04:22 > 0:04:26deeper understanding of what women working in Silicon Valley are up
0:04:26 > 0:04:30against, we're introducing them to two women who are willing to share
0:04:30 > 0:04:37their stories.Take a seat. I am Erin, I do day to find that a
0:04:37 > 0:04:43company called Father, they are software for teams to track, manage
0:04:43 > 0:04:48and complete their work. We are cropping pretty quickly so recently
0:04:48 > 0:04:54I transitioned from being just a data scientist also managing data
0:04:54 > 0:04:58scientist and I think it has been difficult in a couple of different
0:04:58 > 0:05:02ways. Now that I'm a manager I am suddenly in meetings with a lot of
0:05:02 > 0:05:08other managers, I don't talk unless someone explicitly asks me for my
0:05:08 > 0:05:14opinion about something. If I am asked to talk, I would say a little
0:05:14 > 0:05:18bit of shakiness in my voice. I also definitely drop a register of my
0:05:18 > 0:05:22voice, I am speaking lower so I can't release Nick loudly because it
0:05:22 > 0:05:28is uncomfortable. And then I started trail off and, get...Erin Prospect
0:05:28 > 0:05:32fear of speaking up in meetings of a common one amongst women so perhaps
0:05:32 > 0:05:35she can enlighten the team about what is holding her back.In my mind
0:05:35 > 0:05:40I start to go into my head about, like, how many people are in the
0:05:40 > 0:05:44room and how valuable their time is. As everyone in the remit to hear
0:05:44 > 0:05:48this? I have a lot of filters I go through that I don't know that
0:05:48 > 0:05:51everyone necessarily goes through. Our research shows and a group of
0:05:51 > 0:05:56eight, three people will speak 67% of the time. So in general, there
0:05:56 > 0:06:00are a lot of people who dominates the airtime and it isn't unusual.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Despite all of that, environments where it is a competition, you do
0:06:04 > 0:06:09want to speak up.When you do speak up in meetings, how do you feel that
0:06:09 > 0:06:16people will respond? Do you feel you were taken seriously?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I've not had a ton of problems
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I've not had a ton of problems in my current company with people talking
0:06:20 > 0:06:25over me or things like that. It is more about the confidence.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31Confidence may be part of errant's issue. That is not a problem for
0:06:31 > 0:06:35software engineer layer. She still found the tech industry difficult to
0:06:35 > 0:06:41navigate as a woman.It is a thousand little cuts. A lot of
0:06:41 > 0:06:45little things, signifiers that you are not as respected. I drove to the
0:06:45 > 0:06:49city from Stanford for two hours to do this in-person interview. At the
0:06:49 > 0:06:54very end of it they told me they did not think I was a good fit. Then the
0:06:54 > 0:07:00head of recruiting wanted to give me a hug. There are some definite
0:07:00 > 0:07:05challenges associated with being a woman intact, especially a woman of
0:07:05 > 0:07:09colour. One of my co-workers put his hand on my bottom and I remember at
0:07:09 > 0:07:15that moment thinking was a! In hindsight, 2020, was unacceptable. I
0:07:15 > 0:07:21was a deer in the headlights.Did you think about afterwards bringing
0:07:21 > 0:07:26it up to the HR department?I decided not to report it because I
0:07:26 > 0:07:31wanted a job in that company.You are being personally assaulted and
0:07:31 > 0:07:35you have to spend so much time thinking about how he will take it
0:07:35 > 0:07:42or how to phrase it to HR so it is not turned back on you as the in
0:07:42 > 0:07:49turn, as the in this situation.So we have met Erin and Lea.What do
0:07:49 > 0:07:55you think? I think the myriad experiences of all women.It was
0:07:55 > 0:08:02very brave and courageous of them to speak up and share these
0:08:02 > 0:08:06experiences.We have a lot to look forward to. Thank you very much for
0:08:06 > 0:08:09your time and also for getting involved. Let's see what happens
0:08:09 > 0:08:16next. We are setting up a base camp at the playground. An incubator for
0:08:16 > 0:08:21start-ups in Palo Alto, complete with state-of-the-art 3-D printers.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25The team have split up to fight the battle of the bald room -- the
0:08:25 > 0:08:30battle of the boardroom on different fronts. Rumman and the Tarlee are
0:08:30 > 0:08:34working together.We think we will narrow width down into something we
0:08:34 > 0:08:38can accomplish in a few days. We will not break the glass ceiling in
0:08:38 > 0:08:44a few days.You will need to pace yourself.It is easy to get carried
0:08:44 > 0:08:48away and say I will do one more thing and then the next thing you
0:08:48 > 0:08:56know it is for AM...You're eating takeaway pizza and its terrible.And
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Roya will lead a separate work stream and has been influenced by
0:09:00 > 0:09:05errant's experiences of nervousness in meetings.It stuck with me when
0:09:05 > 0:09:09she was talking about how she would get these biological symptoms when
0:09:09 > 0:09:13she was in a meeting and she feels that she has to say something but
0:09:13 > 0:09:18then she does not say it and the heartbeat and sweating and
0:09:18 > 0:09:23breathing. It was quite interesting to me to hear that.Meanwhile,
0:09:23 > 0:09:29Laurie will be ensuring that the two solutions are grounded in solid
0:09:29 > 0:09:33research. In her office at Stanford University she shared her thoughts
0:09:33 > 0:09:37with me on the challenges ahead.One of the things I hope we identify the
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Micro dynamics. The amount of times people, when they approach this
0:09:42 > 0:09:47issue, want a big solution. I believe it is how much we do every
0:09:47 > 0:09:53day. The dynamics of whether my ideas of valued. Or whether when you
0:09:53 > 0:09:57talk about who did great work whether my name is included in that
0:09:57 > 0:10:02list. Those Micro dynamics really matter but are often overlooked. We
0:10:02 > 0:10:07need to change that and I hope we will tackle those issues.There is a
0:10:07 > 0:10:11lot to consider as the team hunt for solutions. They do have their work
0:10:11 > 0:10:22cut out over the next few days. Live from silicon value, you are with me
0:10:22 > 0:10:30in the newsroom of Aussie .com. The BBC 100 William -- women challenge
0:10:30 > 0:10:34launches into its second day was a global radio broadcast. The
0:10:34 > 0:10:40challenge team are with me. Eireann is also on hand to share her
0:10:40 > 0:10:44experiences in tech.I have a hard time speaking up in meetings.And
0:10:44 > 0:10:49there is a roomful of people who want to have their say about gender
0:10:49 > 0:10:54in the boardroom. Will this conversation give our teams extra
0:10:54 > 0:11:00inspiration and guidance?Is it true that 40 years ago, almost, in 1978
0:11:00 > 0:11:03yup coined the term the glass ceiling?I am embarrassed to say
0:11:03 > 0:11:10that was our long ago.Time to get an update from the Tarlee and Roya.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14They had been listening in and had some ideas. I can see a lot of code
0:11:14 > 0:11:19going on.What are you doing? There is a lot of emotional labour
0:11:19 > 0:11:22involved for someone who does not fit the dominant culture of Silicon
0:11:22 > 0:11:28Valley. We think it is important to share the work across allies,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30management, meeting facilitators to change meeting culture to be more
0:11:30 > 0:11:37inclusive.Could I thank our experts here. Radio programme comes to an
0:11:37 > 0:11:44end. I will return with a solution on Friday. And that is just a
0:11:44 > 0:11:50quarter days away. It is time to check on another member of the team.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Hours the project going?The challenge invent a prototype? Good
0:11:52 > 0:11:59so far. We have tapped into a few former students of my boot camp to
0:11:59 > 0:12:03come and help. A few data scientists, a couple of programmers
0:12:03 > 0:12:07and hopefully a designer.Can you rely on them? Will they deliver
0:12:07 > 0:12:14something?Hopefully.Roya wants to catch up with one of the key guests
0:12:14 > 0:12:18after the show. Marilyn is a gender work place specialist and invented
0:12:18 > 0:12:24the term glass ceiling back in 1978. Roya wants her opinion on one of her
0:12:24 > 0:12:29ideas.As part of our concept development we thought about having
0:12:29 > 0:12:35a secret sisterhood Society for women where, that they could send
0:12:35 > 0:12:42each other messages and be part of his women network.When I was a
0:12:42 > 0:12:45young woman in business, I was isolated from other women.
0:12:45 > 0:12:55Networking became important. When you are working in a hostile
0:12:55 > 0:13:00environment where women gather it is seen as an act of rebellion, you
0:13:00 > 0:13:03need the anonymity to share ideas and share experiences but to know
0:13:03 > 0:13:09you will not be analysed for it. I think that some sort of an anonymous
0:13:09 > 0:13:14network or an off-line network would be useful.With Marilyn's
0:13:14 > 0:13:18confirmation that she is heading in the right direction, Roya and the
0:13:18 > 0:13:22rest of the team wrap things up before they make their way back to
0:13:22 > 0:13:30base. Meanwhile, I had to San Francisco to get the more insights
0:13:30 > 0:13:37into how gender affects your workplace experience. Theoretical
0:13:37 > 0:13:39neuroscientist Vivian underwent a gender reassignment operation ten
0:13:39 > 0:13:44years ago.Not many women spent the first half of their lives as a man.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Not many women grew up without people telling them they couldn't do
0:13:48 > 0:13:52maths.Did you notice the difference when you came into the workplace as
0:13:52 > 0:13:56a woman?I showed up at work and everyone was amazingly embracing and
0:13:56 > 0:14:02they were so kind and I thought wow, all of those stories you heard, they
0:14:02 > 0:14:07are wrong. This can be a wonderful experience. But I then almost
0:14:07 > 0:14:11immediately notice that no-one asked me maths questions any more. People
0:14:11 > 0:14:16that actually knew me beforehand, in some ways it was like the ultimate
0:14:16 > 0:14:21acknowledgement that I was a woman in the workplace but it was so stark
0:14:21 > 0:14:26and shocking.What did you do in that situation?I will go into the
0:14:26 > 0:14:30details of the paper I published on the specific subject that they are
0:14:30 > 0:14:35talking to me about. I will take them on a tour of the algorithms I
0:14:35 > 0:14:38invented. When people doubt my technical skill, the single best
0:14:38 > 0:14:47thing I can do is make them realise how foolish there.Vivian has the
0:14:47 > 0:14:51confidence to stand up for herself in difficult situations. But back at
0:14:51 > 0:14:56the playground, work is well to help women in male dominated industries
0:14:56 > 0:15:03who cannot get their voices heard. Roya has drafted in some volunteers.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Camille is a mechanical engineer who will help with hardware. Her claim
0:15:07 > 0:15:11to fame is that she once to Barack Obama when he came to speak at her
0:15:11 > 0:15:18college.He made a visit to our school and I was selected as one of
0:15:18 > 0:15:21the engineering students to introducing. When he got on stage he
0:15:21 > 0:15:29made a point to speak about my position as a woman in science. Also
0:15:29 > 0:15:34new to the team is Julie, and industrially -- industrial designer.
0:15:34 > 0:15:40And Betsy, who had flown in from New York. Shu runs a company creating
0:15:40 > 0:15:44wearable technology for dogs. Roya has chosen her recruits carefully.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49She has decided that one of her prototypes will be a pair of
0:15:49 > 0:15:53wearable technology allowing the wearer to receive positive messages
0:15:53 > 0:16:01from other women.We tend to stay away from these sort of things...
0:16:01 > 0:16:06She has a plan for a separate piece of work as well.Eye-catching art
0:16:06 > 0:16:10aimed at men. We were talking about how men need to be educated as well.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16We thought that we would have some sort of physical installation,
0:16:16 > 0:16:23experiential thing.With an abundance of ideas the physical
0:16:23 > 0:16:32objects to make, it is time for her team to hit the shops.An gonna
0:16:32 > 0:16:44check Amazon Prime now.I found the resistors.Whoo-hoo! Christmas has
0:16:44 > 0:16:59come early!This makes a great sound.That would be exciting...
0:16:59 > 0:17:05Natalya and Rumman's new recruits have also arrived. Skip and Dwight
0:17:05 > 0:17:09will come in useful because the women have decided that their tech
0:17:09 > 0:17:13solution to address gender dynamics in meetings should be an app and
0:17:13 > 0:17:22they reckon they can make one in three days. There we go.Is their
0:17:22 > 0:17:27feedback about their emotional state?Like an emerging?Are we
0:17:27 > 0:17:41providing that?Like soliciting?It is getting towards the end of two
0:17:41 > 0:17:47and Roya's team has decided that the wearable tech should take the form
0:17:47 > 0:17:51of a piece of jewellery. These wearable prototypes. And I have a
0:17:51 > 0:17:55look at them?I won't break anything? No. Now you will not. ,
0:17:55 > 0:18:01ladies. You can see we tried to make this model and the prototype, what
0:18:01 > 0:18:07we wanted to talk about, how these wearable 's track women's biological
0:18:07 > 0:18:15responses.A pendant as this could Howells the equipment. Is exciting
0:18:15 > 0:18:20to see this.This is just the first point. Year will continue to evolve
0:18:20 > 0:18:34and develop. Check back in with us. Well done. Rumman and Natalya's team
0:18:34 > 0:18:39also had a good day with their app so they decided to call it a night.
0:18:39 > 0:18:49The intensive coding session will begin tomorrow. We have reached the
0:18:49 > 0:18:55halfway point of the challenge week. Rumman and Natalya's sub team is
0:18:55 > 0:18:59attempting to build an app to assist with meeting dynamics. They only
0:18:59 > 0:19:03have two days left to get ready for Friday's reveal.We are building a
0:19:03 > 0:19:11react app. React native is an open source tool put out by Facebook that
0:19:11 > 0:19:16lets us right code in Java script which is the language of web
0:19:16 > 0:19:23development, and compile that into iPhone and android apps. What is
0:19:23 > 0:19:27open source? It means that the code is available to anyone who wants to
0:19:27 > 0:19:32use it.At the meeting's app will use voice recognition technology to
0:19:32 > 0:19:36track who is speaking in meetings and will be able to produce in-depth
0:19:36 > 0:19:44feedback on meeting dynamics. What is this?That is a natural
0:19:44 > 0:19:47processing tool that can do interesting things with words.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51People can figure out the emotion behind your words, positivity, it
0:19:51 > 0:19:56can tell how the times you refer to yourself. Percentage of time spoken,
0:19:56 > 0:20:01cognitive words versus emotional. These rule possibilities for what
0:20:01 > 0:20:06the app can do?We do not have a good name for it yet.A name. I can
0:20:06 > 0:20:10help you with a. We will use the BBC's website and social media to
0:20:10 > 0:20:15ask the audience to help Rumman and Natalya to come up with a name for
0:20:15 > 0:20:23their app.De need anything? OK. Meanwhile, Roya is going shopping
0:20:23 > 0:20:37again but she is leaving -- leaving her team behind.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39It is human sized, the height. So if we glue this together.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51When it gets really loud I don't want to add my voice to the
0:21:51 > 0:21:55cacophony. I back off when things get clustered.And Roya is back from
0:21:55 > 0:22:05the shops.Hello!How is it going. Good!Some of the BBC's foreign
0:22:05 > 0:22:09bureaux have helped her crowd saw stories of workplace sexism from all
0:22:09 > 0:22:13around the world, or her art installation aimed at men. And now
0:22:13 > 0:22:19she wants more help is to home from Lori.We get all these responses
0:22:19 > 0:22:24from around the world and we would like to record it in a woman's voice
0:22:24 > 0:22:29and also a man's voice. And I was wondering if you had the research
0:22:29 > 0:22:35that you mentioned about perception and how...Yes, Ed King is studying
0:22:35 > 0:22:38in linguistics at Stanford and he studied when the exact same word is
0:22:38 > 0:22:42said by a man's voice authored by a woman's voice, it changes the
0:22:42 > 0:22:46perception of the word and its associations.It would be great to
0:22:46 > 0:22:50have, like, a research from a man, you know, that works perfectly, with
0:22:50 > 0:22:58the whole installation. It is called me too, so we want all of the man to
0:22:58 > 0:23:04get on board and say, you know what? Me too. When Roya name the
0:23:04 > 0:23:07installation she could never have imagined that two weeks later me too
0:23:07 > 0:23:10would become a globally recognised hashtag in the campaign against
0:23:10 > 0:23:17sexual harassment. Lori has offered to pick the stories that will be
0:23:17 > 0:23:20recorded to the art installation and she is using Erin as a sounding
0:23:20 > 0:23:25board.This is one, a friend was going to defend her Ph.D. Thesis in
0:23:25 > 0:23:28engineering in front of a jury and before she began her presentation,
0:23:28 > 0:23:33the professor on the jury asked why it is a pretty woman like you need
0:23:33 > 0:23:39an engineering degree?Oh!This is from Singapore. I had a meeting with
0:23:39 > 0:23:44a man I'd never met before. As he arrived he said your boss is he
0:23:44 > 0:23:48running late? I said no, she is on time, and started showing him
0:23:48 > 0:23:54around.As well as providing stories from Roya 's installation, BBC
0:23:54 > 0:23:58audiences have also come up with a world of ideas for the name of Raman
0:23:58 > 0:24:03and Natalia's meeting up.Can run through a of them? Finland, me too
0:24:03 > 0:24:09meeting. Or a GM, which they want to stand for all gender meetings.
0:24:09 > 0:24:16Another one, no eyes. No eye in team, is in parentheses.I like the
0:24:16 > 0:24:28ones we explained. As opposed to man's planning.Ally and a line,
0:24:28 > 0:24:43right?What about ally and a hyphen? Like leaning in?OK, no filming. No,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47and till six, because we really have to get it done and, you know, the
0:24:47 > 0:24:53time that of the clock is... Even if I am just looking? No, please, just
0:24:53 > 0:24:57come back after six. We have to keep working. We need a working prototype
0:24:57 > 0:25:04at tomorrow morning, so...She is looking... Camille is still in
0:25:04 > 0:25:10there. Looking incredibly... What is she doing? She has three lakh tops,
0:25:10 > 0:25:15a lot of computers on the headphones on. She doesn't even notice that I'm
0:25:15 > 0:25:21actually here. -- laptops. If I'm going to go unnoticed, it is time
0:25:21 > 0:25:26for a change of scene. I had over the Mountain View to check at the
0:25:26 > 0:25:30computer history Museum. On Friday the team will reveal the results of
0:25:30 > 0:25:35their week 's work to an invited audience here. The computer history
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Museum started getting our fellowships in 1987 and he is the
0:25:40 > 0:25:43first one was the woman but since then, if we look through the
0:25:43 > 0:25:48decades, there is only the old woman that picks up on this wall. I want
0:25:48 > 0:25:53to turn to this man, Gordon, he predicted that computer Power would
0:25:53 > 0:25:57grow exponentially in the coming years. And it was known as Moore 's
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Law. What I would like to see is a Moz law for the women around the
0:26:01 > 0:26:04boardroom tables in Silicon Valley, said to grow exponentially and who
0:26:04 > 0:26:13knows, you may even see a few more women's faces here as well. It is
0:26:13 > 0:26:19getting late in the day and Roya 's only just been able to get into the
0:26:19 > 0:26:23workshop.We have our four pieces and we also have our screws. But put
0:26:23 > 0:26:32them together.All they and all of the night. All day. And all of the
0:26:32 > 0:26:43night.It looks good.As Roya works into the night in the workshop...
0:26:43 > 0:26:47There is a ploy for her team working on the interactive neck lace. The
0:26:47 > 0:26:53name they wanted to use have been taken.Let's brainstorm. What else?
0:26:53 > 0:27:01Could it be something around tech or what about STEM?Definitely STEM.
0:27:01 > 0:27:08What about STEM sisters.But his cool. They finally agreed to call it
0:27:08 > 0:27:12the collective sisters.That's one problem solved.We need to have a
0:27:12 > 0:27:16list of names... The team developing the meeting at have some technical
0:27:16 > 0:27:22issues to fix.That is fine but are you going to be able to connect the
0:27:22 > 0:27:28speakers? From your diarist nation with that? Because that would have
0:27:28 > 0:27:31worked fine when we had separate audio channels but if we are having
0:27:31 > 0:27:37one...Weight, but doesn't this go back to everybody saying, like, my
0:27:37 > 0:27:46name is Alan and...That's right. That sounds good. The men, if we can
0:27:46 > 0:27:50do something like that, that would be great.I suspect everyone is in
0:27:50 > 0:28:12for a long night. It is a new dawn, a new day. I am feeling good. How
0:28:12 > 0:28:21was the team feeling this morning? So, talking about that tournament
0:28:21 > 0:28:25came up, these people behind this door, actually saw it because they
0:28:25 > 0:28:30haven't got any sleep last night, working on the project. Maybe
0:28:30 > 0:28:38unsurprisingly they don't want to talk to me right now. After another
0:28:38 > 0:28:44late night on Roya 's team, it is time to Betsy to head back to New
0:28:44 > 0:28:51York.CU!I've just met so many incredible women. I really believe
0:28:51 > 0:28:55in what we are building and things that could change the world. Very
0:28:55 > 0:29:01excited to see how it all comes together.As one woman heads back to
0:29:01 > 0:29:05the east coast, another special guest flies in from Boston to boost
0:29:05 > 0:29:11the team. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy is an internet phenomenon, her
0:29:11 > 0:29:14tent talk on how Bodyline witch and posture can affect confidence has
0:29:14 > 0:29:20been watched more than 43 million times. Can her research and
0:29:20 > 0:29:24experience help Erin overcome her fear of speaking up in meetings?
0:29:24 > 0:29:28What kinds of situations do you find the most comfortable at work?I do
0:29:28 > 0:29:33pretty well one on one to think that his good in my new responsibilities
0:29:33 > 0:29:37in management. In bigger group settings like a meeting I have a
0:29:37 > 0:29:40problem. And then once the group gets really big again, public
0:29:40 > 0:29:43speaking, I don't have a problem as much.That's interesting because
0:29:43 > 0:29:48that is how I am. I have trouble that the group and I think it is
0:29:48 > 0:29:52because certain people are really tuned in to what is happening with
0:29:52 > 0:29:55the dynamics with each person are you a kind of worried about what
0:29:55 > 0:29:59each person is thinking or doing and concerned about whether they feel
0:29:59 > 0:30:03that they are participating or maybe reading too much into what you think
0:30:03 > 0:30:07they think of you.When I first walked in I think there is almost
0:30:07 > 0:30:11like an excitement and anticipation of what will happen.That is good.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17And when you leave? Definitely regret. And what other thoughts?It
0:30:17 > 0:30:23depends. If I didn't talk at all that is the regret usually and I'm
0:30:23 > 0:30:27fixated on something I wish I had said. If I do talk about than the
0:30:27 > 0:30:31regret is almost always focused on did it come out the way I wanted it
0:30:31 > 0:30:35to?Exactly. That is what we call postevent processing, or relating,
0:30:35 > 0:30:43and the problem was that is you don't get a do over. -- ruminating.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46It ever happens you have to go forward. One of the findings are
0:30:46 > 0:30:53love is that one way that people can overcome stage fright is to reframe
0:30:53 > 0:30:56anxiety as excitement, so before they go on stage, which is your
0:30:56 > 0:31:00going into a meeting, rather than thinking oh my gosh I am so anxious,
0:31:00 > 0:31:04they think I am really excited. If they could tell themselves they are
0:31:04 > 0:31:09excited, that change is a higher arousal that is negative into a
0:31:09 > 0:31:13higher arousal motion that his positive. What it can do is change
0:31:13 > 0:31:18your body language to match confidence and power and
0:31:18 > 0:31:22assertiveness and what happens is you kind of trick your mind into
0:31:22 > 0:31:26following your body. So I often say we are not good at talking ourselves
0:31:26 > 0:31:30off the ledge but we are good at walking ourselves off the ledge. So
0:31:30 > 0:31:35I think one thing I wonder you could do before you go when is to make
0:31:35 > 0:31:38sure that you are not sort of hunched over your computer,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41reviewing your notes, or on your phone texting someone to talk about
0:31:41 > 0:31:46your worries. So that you are not sort of reviewing what you want to
0:31:46 > 0:31:52say but instead, getting your body to expand and feel a bit more
0:31:52 > 0:31:56powerful, so that you reset your mind such that you can communicate
0:31:56 > 0:32:01in a way that is more compelling. What I see when I interact with you,
0:32:01 > 0:32:05I have only known you for about 20 minutes now that I get such a strong
0:32:05 > 0:32:12sense of ground Apeness and warmth and confidence and what you know
0:32:12 > 0:32:16that you really tricky Cunico those things. You are really able to be
0:32:16 > 0:32:20there and be present and I know, I am 100% confident that you will be
0:32:20 > 0:32:26able to do this in meetings.Thank you.How was your session with Amy?
0:32:26 > 0:32:32So good. It felt like she really saw me and understood my situation and
0:32:32 > 0:32:36even said it was something that she had felt with herself as we think it
0:32:36 > 0:32:43really felt to her.You are in the eye of the storm for want of a
0:32:43 > 0:32:46better term over the past week as everybody goes about their business,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50they have sort of had you in their mind that I can imagine that is
0:32:50 > 0:32:54draining in a lot of ways.It has been exciting but also really
0:32:54 > 0:32:58emotionally taxing sometimes. And there is a point in the week where
0:32:58 > 0:33:04it started to feel really, like, I am the person who cannot speak in
0:33:04 > 0:33:09meetings and, like, that was more of my identity that I think it was.I
0:33:09 > 0:33:13understand and I want to review the rate of fact it is so brave to come
0:33:13 > 0:33:17forward at it isn't all of you, it is one thing in your career you were
0:33:17 > 0:33:20trying to work with.Probably can't wait for your next meeting. Yes!
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Renewed on! There is just hours to go rental tomorrow's big reveal
0:33:25 > 0:33:30event. Roya have come to the financial services company into it
0:33:30 > 0:33:38to get some comments on the wearable clothes. Once I'm about to go into a
0:33:38 > 0:33:42meeting or on stage to present something, I can use my phone to
0:33:42 > 0:33:48send a message to my five or six people who are in my support
0:33:48 > 0:33:52network, and they are able to send me a vibration, so I feel the
0:33:52 > 0:33:57vibration and it is like, it gives me the feeling that I know I am not
0:33:57 > 0:34:01alone in this as there are people who have in this office who are
0:34:01 > 0:34:05thinking about me and sending me, like, Trudeau 's old go ahead, you
0:34:05 > 0:34:10will do great.Do you get like the whole sentence or are you able to
0:34:10 > 0:34:14know what they praised you by saying? If you time to look at your
0:34:14 > 0:34:19phone, yes. It is on the up.Do I want the amount of people in my
0:34:19 > 0:34:23meeting to notice that I am getting support or do I want it to be
0:34:23 > 0:34:27really, this is just in their place but secretly, I know that they are
0:34:27 > 0:34:31supporting me.We wanted to be discreet which is what we are too
0:34:31 > 0:34:34small. Thank you for your time. It was helpful to get their feedback,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37the questions they would have, whether they would understand the
0:34:37 > 0:34:44concepts.Meanwhile, Natalia and Raman are able to test a working
0:34:44 > 0:34:48prototype of their meetings up with Erin, who stands to benefit from it
0:34:48 > 0:34:53so much.Here we are, we have not been allowed in this room all day
0:34:53 > 0:34:58but Erin is about to head home and you have some link to show her?Yes,
0:34:58 > 0:35:04we haven't application ready to show you. Exciting. The name is like
0:35:04 > 0:35:11because it is artificial intelligence underneath and is
0:35:11 > 0:35:16representative of a lightship.The Erin to test the apps, I can no
0:35:16 > 0:35:21longer resist the temptation to check out Roya's art installation
0:35:21 > 0:35:24using stories of sexism from over the world which is about to take
0:35:24 > 0:35:30around the streets to Reuters before tomorrow. The four road test. It is
0:35:30 > 0:35:36huge. OK, BBC 100 women. Let's see what is on the other side. The rest
0:35:36 > 0:35:40the hashtag me too. What the sexism sounds like and then we have got a
0:35:40 > 0:35:46map of the world. So this is what was going on behind the closed doors
0:35:46 > 0:35:51of Roya and her team. I wonder what his next. Tomorrow, all will be
0:35:51 > 0:35:56revealed.
0:35:56 > 0:36:04And with the meeting tested, it is time to get some rest, finally.So
0:36:04 > 0:36:10it has been how long since we left this building?More than 30 hours.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16It is the first time we have been outside?Daylight!We missed the
0:36:16 > 0:36:19daylight.We might want to think about the big reveal tomorrow and
0:36:19 > 0:36:23how we will reveal our apps. But mostly we all looking forward to
0:36:23 > 0:36:26watching Netflix and going to sleep.
0:36:45 > 0:36:51Five days ago, for strangers became one team and together, they bravely
0:36:51 > 0:36:58accepted the first ever BBC 100 Women in change. --4 strangers. In
0:36:58 > 0:37:07the audience, Silicon valley's finance. -- finest. Gender
0:37:07 > 0:37:12inequality experts.Welcome to our glass ceiling challenge and for many
0:37:12 > 0:37:15of us, it feels like the glass ceiling is a moving target. Here we
0:37:15 > 0:37:22are in the computer history Museum. ISA today we are making history.
0:37:22 > 0:37:30First up is this interactive necklace.It is wearable technology
0:37:30 > 0:37:35that would allow women and their allies, men, to communicate and send
0:37:35 > 0:37:38each other good vibes. Actually, I feel like I am getting some
0:37:38 > 0:37:43vibrations through my predator. Camille has been sending a message
0:37:43 > 0:37:53to her fellow teammate.She says you do you, boo.And it's not long until
0:37:53 > 0:37:58she receives and other message for herself. Bello what are these? I
0:37:58 > 0:38:03collect you are getting an important, empowering message from
0:38:03 > 0:38:09someone. -- what are these?You heard Camille's story. She is a
0:38:09 > 0:38:13great example of why we are encouraging more women and more
0:38:13 > 0:38:19minorities to study in high-paying feels that traditionally, man always
0:38:19 > 0:38:23participated in, science and engineering and technology.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25APPLAUSE .
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Do you want to talk a little bit about the necklace you are wearing?
0:38:34 > 0:38:38It is a really good example of how we can bring our digital space into
0:38:38 > 0:38:43empowerment for individuals. You know, we have all these online ideas
0:38:43 > 0:38:47and Internet of things but from here, you can see an example of how
0:38:47 > 0:38:55we can connect to other people.Next up is the app meeting with dynamics
0:38:55 > 0:39:07now called all.ai put up how can we leveraged the power of data side and
0:39:07 > 0:39:11a I would engineering in the background to make an app to help
0:39:11 > 0:39:16with meeting dynamics.We came up with this concept. We will show you
0:39:16 > 0:39:21a video of Erina using the up. I am about to head into a meeting and am
0:39:21 > 0:39:26going to try out the all.ai up for the first time. In this case, I want
0:39:26 > 0:39:32to choose to be empowered. It looks like it's asking me how I'm going to
0:39:32 > 0:39:38empower myself. I'm just going to tap here and say, " I want to speak
0:39:38 > 0:39:42at least once in this meeting"
0:39:42 > 0:39:43tap here and say, " I want to speak at least once in this meeting",
0:39:43 > 0:39:46starting with small calls is one of the things. Then after that, it
0:39:46 > 0:39:51gives a suggestion, saying you can use a power phrase before you make
0:39:51 > 0:39:56the point. I think the idea there is if I start with something I really
0:39:56 > 0:39:59feel strong about saying, I can finish the rest of my thoughts
0:39:59 > 0:40:05without feeling stress. Now, I can just press to record and heading to
0:40:05 > 0:40:11the meeting to get started. So, I've just come out of my meeting and now
0:40:11 > 0:40:16I'm looking at my summary stats from the meeting in the all.ai up. It
0:40:16 > 0:40:21looks kind of like that. It shows me how long I spoke and it looks like I
0:40:21 > 0:40:25spoke for four all minutes which exceeds my goal of speaking once and
0:40:25 > 0:40:29that I was really positive and honest when I spoke. So, good
0:40:29 > 0:40:39information and to have.APPLAUSE Because we are tech people, we are
0:40:39 > 0:40:45thinking of all the things we want to do.What I actually want to do is
0:40:45 > 0:40:49create a geek -- deeper recommendation system to attract
0:40:49 > 0:40:54people over time and help them accomplish their goals with
0:40:54 > 0:40:58customised acts -- customised actions.Basically the quality of
0:40:58 > 0:41:05the meeting and participation in it, over time facilitators can use it to
0:41:05 > 0:41:08track... You know, maybe it is the most productive when we asked people
0:41:08 > 0:41:13to go around the room before we make a decision or other strategies.And
0:41:13 > 0:41:20finally, Roy introduces her art installation, what does sexism sound
0:41:20 > 0:41:24like?The first one is an experiential installation. We got
0:41:24 > 0:41:27amazing stories from women around the world about what sexism feels
0:41:27 > 0:41:31like in the workplace. We recorded them saying it and then we asked a
0:41:31 > 0:41:36man to do the same thing.It was very interesting, there was a guy
0:41:36 > 0:41:42saying I had to take my daughter into work because I don't have
0:41:42 > 0:41:47paternity leave and then he said I still feel like I'm pregnant and
0:41:47 > 0:41:51then after that, a woman said the same thing so it was very different.
0:41:51 > 0:41:57It was kind of weird hearing a guy say that.Do you have a word to
0:41:57 > 0:42:04describe you feeling? Lim I'm going to write bias will stop -- I'm going
0:42:04 > 0:42:10to write bias.Heard a male and a female and said that you didn't have
0:42:10 > 0:42:14turned say anything but where something attractive and just stay
0:42:14 > 0:42:20there. As a female, that is related will.The moment of truth. What do
0:42:20 > 0:42:27the two women who's -- experiences inspired this challenge, speak.
0:42:27 > 0:42:36Layout, who has been one done by the sexism in Silicon valley.Oh, my
0:42:36 > 0:42:42God, this is awesome. We can together to talk about a problem
0:42:42 > 0:42:46that is effectively on a very daily basis. Thank you so much.It has
0:42:46 > 0:42:52been amazing to see all of your work and to spend time with you and learn
0:42:52 > 0:42:57from all of the incredible knowledge you have.Errant's highlight of the
0:42:57 > 0:43:01week was the one-on-one session with social psychologist Amy Cuddy. What
0:43:01 > 0:43:07do she make of the team's work?I am so impressed with all of you and I'm
0:43:07 > 0:43:11intimidated and that makes me happy. I called my husband last night and I
0:43:11 > 0:43:15said to him, "These women are so amazing that I feel a sense of
0:43:15 > 0:43:21hope."I officially declare that we have cracked the glass ceiling!
0:43:21 > 0:43:22APPLAUSE . Thank you.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38With the challenge successfully completed, the team can finally
0:43:38 > 0:43:44relax for the first time in a week and catch up with their supporters.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48This is my daughter, Katie. She is amazing, she is one of our rock
0:43:48 > 0:43:54stars and at the same time, I wanted the next generation to be inspired
0:43:54 > 0:43:58by the current generation. It feels the past few years here have been a
0:43:58 > 0:44:02setback for us. We have had a lot of Procol Chart coming up and we felt
0:44:02 > 0:44:09like we almost had it solved and we absolutely dote. -- bro culture. We
0:44:09 > 0:44:13have to keep pushing.It is really inspirational to see that they are
0:44:13 > 0:44:17actually working to make a change. When I all dark and working, it
0:44:17 > 0:44:21makes living people -- Exley think things will be different.I would
0:44:21 > 0:44:24like to have a level playing field for my daughter who has just started
0:44:24 > 0:44:29taking computer programming.I think it is really amazing it in such a
0:44:29 > 0:44:33short time span, we have been able to do so much. It's like, wow.An
0:44:33 > 0:44:43impressed with the ideas that come up. Giving women practical tools.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47Over time, people will hopefully realise, there is a lot more we can
0:44:47 > 0:44:52gain as a society if we are more inclusive.And, society has
0:44:52 > 0:44:56certainly gained from these remarkable women, coming together to
0:44:56 > 0:45:01create one phenomenal team.It was really interesting to meet my team
0:45:01 > 0:45:05for the first time. Like, I haven't met any of those awesome women
0:45:05 > 0:45:09before so we really bonded and even though we pulled all nighters, we
0:45:09 > 0:45:13were laughing and dancing and it was really, really fun.There were times
0:45:13 > 0:45:17during the week where we thought the days were so long and we didn't
0:45:17 > 0:45:21think we had anything left to give to this project. And then I just
0:45:21 > 0:45:25looked to my teammates and I realised, it is not whether I can do
0:45:25 > 0:45:28it it's whether we can do it together so connecting with
0:45:28 > 0:45:32strangers, doing something remarkable, I will always carry that
0:45:32 > 0:45:37experience with me.It was amazing that people of colour, then, people
0:45:37 > 0:45:40all around the globe participating in this challenge was not as women,
0:45:40 > 0:45:45we often think it is our own battle to fight and for me, it has been a
0:45:45 > 0:45:48learning experience and there has been a lot of people who will
0:45:48 > 0:45:51actively help you.We were tasked with doing something very ambitious
0:45:51 > 0:45:55and there were moments where I doubted whether we could do it and
0:45:55 > 0:45:58out of my own abilities. I think all takeaway confidence in myself and
0:45:58 > 0:46:02really identify with our case studies and I think being able to
0:46:02 > 0:46:06build something with them and realising I -- realising I identify
0:46:06 > 0:46:11with them too, I can take some of my own advice in some ways.Silicon
0:46:11 > 0:46:16valley is an extraordinary place. People come together, working long
0:46:16 > 0:46:20hours to invent and create items that we don't even know that we need
0:46:20 > 0:46:25yet. But that will become essential to our lives. What we do know, there
0:46:25 > 0:46:31is a gender equality issue in the tech industry and we hope, with the
0:46:31 > 0:46:35BBC's 100 Women season and their first ever challenge, that we will
0:46:35 > 0:46:39have at least made a dent in that so-called glass ceiling and perhaps
0:46:39 > 0:46:45to help the next generation of women find a seat at the boardroom table.
0:46:45 > 0:46:51Next time, the 100 Women challenge heads Delhi where a new team has to
0:46:51 > 0:46:57tackle the problem of literacy in India.