What Silicon Valley can learn from Comcast when it comes to diversity

What does Comcast’s David Cohen, the highest-ranking corporate diversity officer in America, think Silicon Valley firms should do to increase their workforce diversity? Set big goals and be unabashed about getting there.

In the next five to 10 years, Cohen said, the firm aims for 50 percent of its leadership to be women and 33 percent "people of color." The same goals apply for the entire workforce. "The only way to move the needle is to overindex on who you hire," said Cohen. If you are male and white, you have the "lowest chance of becoming vice president and above in the next four years."