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“If you have learned how to enjoy your life and whatever you have, that’s the success for anybody to live with.”
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“Keep growing. Keep finding opportunities. Keep creating innovation because that’s the future.”
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The tangible stories we carry
Every artifact from our journey carries a story. Aleenah Ansari shows us a few items that hold importance for her. From traditional South Asian jhumkas to her personal journal, these keepsakes symbolize her narrative.
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The power of an open heart and mind
Sometimes we possess intangible items that are useful ideals that we carry with us. Naval Tripathi shares with us three tools within his spiritual inventory that act as his most treasured possessions.
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“You are enough. You wouldn’t be here if someone here didn’t think you were incredible.”
Raised with values rooted in her Japanese heritage, Megumi Voight found solace in community during deployments while in the military. Now as a managing editor of customer storytelling at Microsoft, she empowers global voices, advocating for authenticity and reminding others of their inherent worth.
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Cracking the code
When Zuzu began her career as a software engineer, she often battled Imposter Syndrome. Then, she decided to fight the status quo. Discover her story of ingenuity and empowerment, illustrated by Cha Pornea.
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Planting seeds, cultivating personal growth
Our possessions sometimes serve as personalized markers of our growth. Sonja Gu shares with us her avocado plant, which serves as a symbol of her personal evolution.
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What leaders look like
Shrivaths Iyengar worried that coworkers would be reluctant to follow a leader who had disabilities. Instead, he discovered that his experiences made him a stronger, more empathetic manager. Illustrated by Ananya Rao-Middleton.
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Master of messiness
As a mom and a tech leader, Elaine Chang has learned to embrace the chaos and put her “octopus mind” to work in service of innovation, at work and at home. Illustrated by Niege Borges.
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“I think that’s what makes us family, right? You do not forget your roots.”
Inspired by her son, Athena Chang navigates her career and motherhood with empathy and resilience. Marked by familial support and the importance of cultural preservation as she raises her own family, she shares a deep connection with her clients.
What leaders look like
Shrivaths Iyengar worried that coworkers would be reluctant to follow a leader who had disabilities. Instead, he discovered that his experiences made him a stronger, more empathetic manager. Illustrated by Ananya Rao-Middleton.
Master of messiness
As a mom and a tech leader, Elaine Chang has learned to embrace the chaos and put her “octopus mind” to work in service of innovation, at work and at home. Illustrated by Niege Borges.
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Building something better
Accountable for progress
Insights that inform
We are building the infrastructure to better understand and explore identity as a company. We have expanded options for Asian employees in the US to self-identify their backgrounds in further detail, to help us evolve our programs and support.
Increasing representation
For Asian employees, representation has risen year over year at all leadership levels, with the highest growth within the Partner + Executive level, up 2.2 percentage points to 30.7% in 2023 in our core Microsoft business.
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Influencing progress
Through Code; Without Barriers, we are working in partnership with 13 other companies to close the gap for women across nine Asia Pacific countries in the region’s cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital technology sectors.
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Intelligent discovery
Microsoft’s Diviner Project brings AI tools to historians studying the oldest form of Chinese language engraved on animal bones—and with it potential for the fields of archeology, linguistics, astronomy, and more.
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