 Flexible and inclusive culture is one of the 2016's international women's day pledge for parity. When I was asked to talk about it, it's actually I have to admit that I have to look at what it is exactly means. Then I learned a little bit more and I realized that oh this is something that I've been doing in the last four or five years. Now when I joined Erie a year after was like in 2009 I I looked at the number of female in Erie and it was like as an international recruited scientist was about only 10 amount of 60 IRS and now today in 2016 we have already moved way ahead a lot more female got a management position at Erie and soon even we will have the first the beauty director general the first female DDG are in Erie's history however it doesn't mean that the challenge is not there anymore at Erie or in CG in general or globally still very few female in the top management post position. I mean today I just want to share my personal experience about inclusive culture. I was the first Indonesian IRS we call it here and grew up in the Asian culture I was soft spoken and the first day I joined the Institute I was like sitting in this cafeteria and somebody asked me oh welcome to Erie. Who you work for? Ines and then I mentioned so-and-so and so-and-so and then I was I would got this on expression and I said to me oh you work with the most challenging person at Erie but turn out down the last down after a few years turn out that the person actually meant taught me quite a lot. In fact if I look back what really brought me to Erie it was just one email just one email asked me why don't you try to apply this vacant position and my first visit to Erie itself I was invited by a very well-known breeder his name is Dr. Goodefkush and I really admire him for replying an email from a PhD student in Nottingham asking for seats you know as a student I just look at the publication I didn't know who should I ask then I wrote him a letter and he did reply and in fact few few months later he met me and sponsored me to come to the international symposium of the rice genetics Health at Erie quarter I just want to mention this to let you never know a simple encouraging voice actually may change someone's life you know two years after I was recruited I was so happy that I was assigned to attend a leadership course learning the golden rules you need to be assertive self-confidence speak out show yourself in a crowd personal branding and with all this motivation I attended the end the monthly meeting in the with the other with the breeders in what we call the our conference room and you look around and you see this is this 15 breeders male breeders and you look how many female there two sometimes three and you feel like you are just in the night of round table with the Richard Lionheart in the corner and and also with the Lancelot my supervisor before Dr. Helion and actually I I admired my brilliant colleague then her name is Sigrid Hawyer I feel like she's like the guinevere among the nights and she's a German so she always said we had in mind and people listen and well when I tried to put my hand out with all these they to be like to be brave and with my other Asian colleagues and you're lucky if someone actually listen to you strain me a bell afterwards that how important is the inclusive a culture you know now I have a group of 26 persons and I have a quiet outspoken I have Filipinos I have Filipina in Greek Indonesian Iranian Chinese Indian and is a blessing to have the diversity it makes me happy and not everyone needs to be extroverted look at JK Rowling even Bill Gates Abraham Lincoln Gandhi Mother Teresa people said they were extroverted but how much they influence this word is very important to but one point is a very important to solicitate the opinion from the staff I think that what I learned it's something that often that people forgot we are forgot to be told is to understand the greatness of other and capacity to empower the team so I always so always be sure to know your team one by one each of them should have a channel and explain their ideas given an opportunity and patient people can learn and try I'm still learning myself how about the flexible culture flexible culture is working culture that get employees flexibility on how long where and when they work and of course to certain extents in fact work and life balance it's not really a women's issue but is I'm sure it's also male and female too having flexibilities really really helps a lot because one of the chance we face today we are always to be multitasking and endless list so I think it is really this flexibility give you a opportunity but then at the same time it's actually increased the creativity and if you look at this some successful company like Disney or Google like Pixar so this flexible unique culture does increase the creativity of the people however I think it's very important to also really know that successful culture of a workplace including inclusivity and flexibility has to raise on it emotionally with the employee to make it successful and I want to thank Erie for this opportunity then too I know flexibility is more complex but often it is rewarding and inspired innovation