Diversity of Thought - The Key to Innovation
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An analyst recounts a CIA team split over South Africa in the 1980s to show how personality and optimist vs pessimist outlooks change judgments, cites studies linking diversity to better outcomes including a BCG figure of 20% more revenue from innovation, describes the Netflix prize combined teams that beat lone winners, and gives concrete practices — work out loud, set ground rules for disagreement, schedule followups, and explicitly don't demand courage from dissenters so divergent ideas surface and improve results.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:11My books
- 5:55Twitter thread
- 6:24Twitter flame wars
- 6:46Dont want males or whites
- 6:58Can I work remotely
- 7:32Expert trolling
- 8:23My experience
- 8:52Meritocracy
- 9:34Science with Diverse Thinking
- 9:49Diversity and Innovation
- 13:01Diversity leads to better outcomes
- 14:35Diversity outperforms smartest experts
- 18:12Diversity less important for routine tasks
- 18:59The Streetlight Effect
- 20:51Your Ability to Know
- 22:06Thinking Styles
- 26:16Leadership Responsibilities
- 26:46Work Out Loud
- 27:56Dont Demand Courage
- 28:37Watch Your Language
- 32:33Diversity Tension
- 33:50Encourage productive conflict
- 34:03Avoid narcissism
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