Why Meta’s Maxine Williams thinks diversity is ‘a business imperative, full stop’

If a company wants to offer great products and services, it’s important to hire the smartest people. But it’s also important that these people don’t all look and think the same — that they bring their own unique backgrounds and experiences to the table as well. That’s even more true if your company’s products are used by literal billions of people around the planet. It’s a matter Maxine Williams, Chief Diversity Officer at Meta, is intimately familiar with. At Meta, Williams’ team works to support the growth of underrepresented people at the company and improve cognitive diversity; she believes people…

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