…seems to be on the mind of the Websphere as of late. DEI, at the moment, is the predominant platform on which the concept of diversity has surfaced and is discussed. This is often referred to and centred around what is called visible or demographic diversity.
A team consisting of this commonly considered diversity, while important on numerous levels, may not be the total scorecard though from an innovative solution standpoint.
A visibly/demographically diverse group of people coming from the same or similar backgrounds, educations, and work experiences could lead to what Shane Parrish termed ‘The Stormtrooper Problem,’ where everyone working on a problem thinks about it in the same way, and therefore may not rise to an innovative solution level.
The visible/demographically diverse group of people, all from an Ivy League Executive MBA program and growing up in a Western society, may have a greater challenge finding innovative and alternative solutions as compared to a similarly diverse group made up of engineers, physicists, artists, and lawyers from different countries and societies across the globe.
Adding team members from, not just adjacent, but totally different societies, disciplines, work, life, and education experiences can add a measure of depth and creative problem-solving to the already understood value of a visible and demographically diverse group.
PS: This blog post was thought of and written by me, no AI here, and is a mosaic of my experience, reading, and forward learning.
William Kerr And associates 