CHAPTER 15
Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter
by David Rock and Heidi Grant
In recent years, a body of research has revealed a nuanced benefit of workplace diversity: Nonhomogeneous teams are simply smarter. Working with people who are different from you may challenge your brain to overcome its stale ways of thinking and sharpen its performance and creativity. Let’s dig into why diverse teams are smarter.
They Focus More on Facts
People from diverse backgrounds might actually alter the behavior of a group’s social majority in ways that lead to improved and more accurate group thinking. In a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, scientists assigned 200 people to six-person mock jury panels whose members were either all ...
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