Different is good: how diversity can benefit your organization
Diverse teams bring a wide range of ideas to the table, helping to tackle problems creatively and drive innovation. How can your organization harness the power of diversity?
What powers innovation? Many organizations would put it down to smart people or generous R&D budgets, but few consider diversity as having a key role in an organization’s or a nation’s ability to innovate.
Scott E. Page, Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science and Economics at the University of Michigan, believes that teams perform best when their members boast diverse identities, vocations and levels of experience. In his books, The difference: how the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies and Diversity and complexity, Page calls for a greater recognition of the role of diversity in problem-solving exercises.