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For almost a century, workplace design created homogenous offices or open cubicles for “typical” white-collar workers. As that changes, design leadership will require diversity to meet the increasingly individualized needs of the workforce.
To help more women enter the better-paying managerial jobs in the booming maritime logistics hub, two trailblazers–one a highway engineer, the other a supply-chain manager–aim to make their trade institute a model of gender balance for the island nation.
Only five of the 100 national teen teams competing at Saturday’s Team America Rocketry Challenge are all-female. One contestant said that doesn’t faze her–male competitors stopped intimidating her in grade school.
Female automotive engineers recently talked about the nationwide launch this summer of the Chevrolet Volt, the first mass-produced electric car by General Motors. The event was designed to focus on women’s interest in engineering.