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Articles by Jacky Wright
Building Resilience Through Data Centricity
Join us for this fireside chat with Jacky Wright, Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft US. Meet our speaker and chair Jacky Wright (@WrightJacky) is the Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft US, where she inspires and leads teams to help businesses leverage technology to drive innovation, adopt sustainable and accessible business models, and digitally transform.
How technology enables sustainable smart cities
According to United Nations projections, sixty-eight percent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. The migration to urban centers is accelerating the need for digital transformation as government and city leaders face increasing pressure to make cities safer, accessible, sustainable, and prosperous. Creating smart cities is not just about technology.
Tech Must Accept Its Role in Delivering Change for Good
The connected world that technology has created has also made us all sharply aware of the issues faced by the world. Often in real time, we can, for example, see the effects of famine, monitor the movement of refugees and follow the changing data points of temperatures across the globe. This direct exposure has generated a “macro awareness” in global society and an increase in affinity and empathy. In 2022, that connectivity will also be the way we find solutions to many of the world’s problems.
Mutual empowerment through mentorship, sponsorship and allyship
Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie and Microsoft U.S. Chief Digital Officer Jacky Wright talk about finding and nurturing supportive relationships built on advocacy and trust. Tune in to a recording of a conversation they had in April 2020 as part of the Women at Microsoft ERG Meet our Leaders series, or download the transcript to the conversation.
Bridging the educational divide with tech skilling
Closing the educational divide and the digital skills gap has always been important to technologically-minded educators, but the disruptions of COVID-19 have brought a new urgency. Ensuring all students can participate equitably and fulfill their dreams in society hinges on having the right access to technology, especially in the education system. Students from underserved schools often lag behind in skills and opportunity when they leave the education system.
This is how data could rebuild businesses like never before
Haley Tippmann The most successful companies in 2021 will be those that adopt and put into practice a purpose-driven digital strategy for a new “virtual-first” world. This will focus on the societal problems that are a core tenet of a company’s approach, in an increasingly online world. The impact of Covid-19 on our society – economically, politically and socially – will mean re-examining the role of a digital-transformation strategy.
Bridging the educational divide with tech skilling
Closing the educational divide and the digital skills gap has always been important to technologically-minded educators, but the disruptions of COVID-19 have brought a new urgency. Ensuring all students can participate equitably and fulfill their dreams in society hinges on having the right access to technology, especially in the education system. Students from underserved schools often lag behind in skills and opportunity when they leave the education system.
My Pattern: The Challenge of Balancing Purpose and Romance
There’s some internal dialogue that began as a whisper before I turned 30, but now, as I get closer to 40, it has blossomed into a real conversation. Further reinforced by a casual scroll through The Pattern App, I found myself suddenly doing a deep dive into the abyss of thought concerning my purpose and whether or not that would include a special woman in my life. Can I fully pursue and excel in my career without having to sacrifice family aspirations? It is possible to achieve both?
Men, We Have To Do Better
My line of work allows me the opportunity to be around a lot of influential people and I am eternally grateful for that opportunity, but I consistently remind others that regardless of their talent, money, or fame, they are human beings just like the rest of us. They breathe the same air and they are just as, if not more, flawed than the next person. Regardless of that fact, fame, fortune and power have generally had a way of providing more leeway, if not totally absolving, unacceptable behavior.
Men Get Emotional, Too
I’ve recently been pretty deep in my R&B bag, thanks to my brother Kenyon Dixon AKA R&B Kenny. His new project N****s Get Emotional Too, which drops on Christmas, touches on all the feels that men go through in our encounters with women.
If I’m invited to the party, I want to dance | Civil Service
As the daughter of a Windrush immigrant and a native of North London, I might not fit into the small box of what some people think of as a typical civil servant - but I am helping to change that. I started my career in America, and I have always worked in technology in various roles - everything from coding to project management to Chief Information Officer.
I may not fit into the box of a 'typical civil servant' - but I am helping to change that: HMRC's digital chief Jacky Wright on celebrating difference | Civil Service World
As the daughter of a Windrush immigrant and a native of North London, I might not fit into the small box of what some people think of as a typical civil servant – but I am helping to change that. I started my career out in America, and I have always worked in technology in various roles – everything from coding to project management to chief information officer.
‘Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being invited to dance’ - HMRC digital chief Jacky Wright on celebrating difference to improve decision-making | Civil Service World
As the daughter of a Windrush immigrant and a native of North London, I might not fit into the small box of what some people think of as a typical civil servant – but I am helping to change that. I started my career out in America, and I have always worked in technology in various roles – everything from coding to project management to chief information officer.
Men-How to Recognize a Real One
Fellas, there was no way I was going to forget about you. I know we need love, too, so I wanted to continue this conversation about how to recognize a real one and specifically tailor it to you. If you’re reading this, it’s necessary to read part one first to bring part two full circle, because all of these ideologies are universal in regards to character and recognition of a quality relationship.
Ladies-How to Recognize a Real One
Innately, I believe most women desire to find their special person, fall in love, get married, have a family and live the rest of their lives happily ever after. If only it were that easy. Have you ever tried dating in 2018? That burning desire surely sounds like a pipe dream these days, doesn’t it? How many times have you swiped right or clicked on that heart just to be disappointed on that first date? Probably more times than you’d like to admit.
Words For My Wife: Part 2
I’ve been thinking about you, so I decided to write. It should have been sooner, but I’ve been in my own little world. Cliché I know, but I’m really out here working on being a better me. That’s a phrase you’ll hear often and with good reason. Taking time to myself for myself, working on my spirit, mind and emotions. It’s uncomfortable and lonely; I’m forced to search the depths of my soul. Scratching a temporary itch can feel amazing, but its satisfaction is really short-lived.
Words For My Wife: Part 1
You’re the missing piece to my puzzle. There are many things in life that I’m unwilling to do until we decide to do life together. We’ve weathered through previous emotional highs and lows, dealing with other people’s baggage and skeletons. It’s made us mature in ways we never imagined. Although painful, going through those life lessons only made our love for people grow even stronger. We were put here to love, but our flesh has distorted an understanding of what that truly is.
The Time I Tried to Shoot My Shot With Lauren London
Trying to hit on someone is scary. If you have a mutual friend, then that could slightly increase your odds of success, but in reality, approaching the opposite sex in hopes of trying to create some type of connection is a daunting task. Especially if you’re a total stranger and even more so if they’re a celebrity and you’re not.
4 Reasons Why He May Not Be “Ready” for You
As some of you may have figured out, time is the lone true luxury. It’s one of the only things we have absolutely zero control over. We can’t speed it up or slow it down no matter how hard we try. And whether you invested in a relationship for 5 years, 5 months, or 5 days, you will never be able to stand before the world and reclaim that time, as much as we’d like to sometimes.
Find Yourself to Find “The One”
The one. Do you really exist, or are you some mythical phantom unicorn that I can only dream of? In my personal pursuit of trying to find you thus far, I’ve come up short, but it definitely was not and has not been from lack of effort on my part. I’ve searched far and wide, I’ve entertained, dated, even married, but to no avail, I’ve managed to come back to this space of solitude. I’m not even complaining, though. This is just where I’ve landed.
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