score one for the bleeding heart liberals

[miriamjoyce]

Diversity is not just a feel good thing. It makes organizations more productive. Like even more productive than just putting all the smartest/best at whatever you're doing people together.

"What the model showed was that diverse groups of problem solvers outperformed the groups of the best individuals at solving problems. The reason: the diverse

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[bmenyuk]

placeholder is in my living room at the moment. I should be asleep. And, yet, I should respond to this post, so, I will. The phenomenon you and the New York Times describe has been known at least since the early 1960's and the Kennedy Administration. The Bay of Pigs Invasion fiasco is known as a glaring example of Groupthink. When I arrived at my current position, a Caucasian Male educated at an Upstate New York technical University surrounded by Caucasian Males educated at Upstate New York technical Universities, I could not help but think that something might, possibly, be amiss. As a creative person, we are taught to look at different ways of solving a problem, yet here I was with a dozen folks showing me the same solution to any given problem 12 times over.

For whatever it's worth, and I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, you want women, you want people with different skin tones and cultural backgrounds to come to the table with answers to the questions you're asking, otherwise, you're going to get the same, possibly incorrect, or, worse, flawed, answers, over and over, and over again.

Only a half inch thickness on gusset plates is to blame on the I-35W bridge disaster in Minneapolis.