Catch-up

Recently, I was honored to be jury member at the Global Legal Hackathon. Given the dimension, there are of course quite a few jury teams, but "mine" is worth a second look. And that's how it came up::

Even a glance shows a highly interesting mix of jury members: geographically, the spectrum of members ranges from South Africa to the Baltics, from Romania to the British Isles. Every single one of them has an independent, individual career - practicing lawyers are represented as well as professional startup consultants, for example. But one thing gives me pause for thought:

Is it pure coincidence that the (originally) German-speaking members of our jury team are all male, but all the others are female??? Or is there perhaps a massive #backlog in #diversity in Germany/Austria?

Postscript: this thought is not a hidden critique of the configuration of the jury team - rather, it is a direct consequence of an intense discussion I had with my wife on the topic yesterday; as a doctor in hospital, she has long been used to diverse teams.