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Programme sheet
Discover How Diversity Stimulates Innovation
Diversity & InclusionTeamwork & CooperationAll employees≈ 15 min
Key skill: Diversity & inclusion
Summary
Understand why a diversity of profiles — expertise, ways of thinking, social backgrounds — strengthens collective intelligence: varied teams find more original solutions and solve problems faster than a homogeneous group, however skilled.
Target audience
Anyone interested in diversity and inclusion topics.
Learning objectives
- Foster collective intelligence and innovation through diversity
- Create innovative products by drawing on diverse expertise
- Think outside the box using cognitive diversity across all levels of the organization
- Spark creativity, solve problems, and overcome the limits of inexperience through social diversity
Module outline
- ArticlesCase study: the Amer Sports experiment in participatory innovation · The benefits of diversity in practice
- Expert videoPresentation of Scott Page's thesis on diversity versus talent, and its impact on collective intelligence
- AnchoringQuiz and True/False questions to dig deeper into the topic and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardDownloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
Models & methods
Scott Page's thesis: diversity trumps talent; Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.
Research-based
Scott Page (University of Michigan); Howard Gardner; “How Diversity Makes Us Smarter” (Scientific American).