- I think the most fascinating commonality that was beaming through everyone’s canons was the focus on improving the diversity within the workplace. Although, I found it fascinating how many combatting demographics there are when promoting this said diversity. Even the smallest of differentiators like religion, age, maybe even hair color/texture can certainly be looked at when addressing the success and diversity of a company. One of the most captivating media pieces I found, which had me think about organizational culture in a different way, was classmate Bryan’s TED Talk link focusing on how language changes the way we speak. I find that this was something that I simply overlooked, how the transmission of conversation within a workplace should be diverse and reach to many demographics not just focusing on one.
3. The paragraph I decided to focus on was a huge traditional paragraph, in my opinion, that changed the course of the article. The paragraph starting with “Webb says her airport experiences can be…” all the way to “…and they will serve the population better” was a seamless transition. Introducing the article with Webb’s personal experience was a great way to captivate the attention of the reader, hoping that it may be a somewhat relatable experience or one that the reader could place themselves into Webb’s shoes. This paragraph brought together Webb’s personal story and how demographically skewed computer systems are programmed to be in a manner that was almost undetected. Bringing the key points of Webb’s story to mind as they aligned perfectly with the purpose of the article is certainly not easy, but the way Bogost blended these two together is astounding.
Right–transitions are sometimes necessary within a given paragraph as an author pivots from one piece of the argument to a related piece. Authors often use transitions to do the work of telling us why they’re telling us something–of making their latent point really explicit and unmistakable.