While it is true that an increased pool of diverse personnel is good for any company’s ability to generate business innovations, this diversity must also include different dimensions. The best-known form of diversity is in demographics with personnel from different gender, age groups and ethnic or cultural backgrounds. There must be scope for both pragmatists and visionaries. The teams developed must be cross-functional and multi-disciplinary as that is good for talent management. Not only must there be people with different areas of education, but also knowledge levels. The experience timeline must be vast. There must be both the generalists as well as specialists. Some must possess a passion for extra-curricular interests. There needs to be scope for the risk takers as well. The cognitive preferences too must vary. One area where there should be less diversity though is the trust factor as that cannot be compromised.

Source:http://innovationexcellence.com/blog/2018/08/28/9-diversity-dimensions-that-increase-innovation-and-one-reason-they-may-not/

Uploaded Date:11 September 2018