%% #📓 #🎥 #🟡 %% **Title:** How diversity makes teams more innovative **Author:** Rocío Lorenzo **Citation:** Lorenzo, R. (October 2017). *How diversity makes teams more innovative* [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/rocio_lorenzo_how_diversity_makes_teams_more_innovative --- # Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary Diversity leads to innovation, but only when there is critical mass. There must be 20% women in leadership before gender diversity has an impact on innovation. The focus should be on hiring more women and then developing and promoting more women into leadership. ## Author's Purpose To persuade us that diverse organizations are more innovative, and that diversity could be a competitive advantage. # Notes & Important Ideas #### Diversity drives innovation - [[diversity|Diversity]] often seen as something to comply with out of political correctness, or right thing to do. - Most don't see it as something that will help them achieve their key goals - Diverse teams, while they require more effort at the beginning, bring fresher, more creative ideas - Study of 171 companies in Europe showed that more diverse companies are more innovative - diversity drives [[innovation]] and innovation drives diversity #### Companies should make it a priority to increase women in leadership - Need to have more than 20% women in leadership for gender diversity to have a positive impact on innovation - Education does not translate into leadership - Two most important questions are "who are we hiring?" and "who are we developing and promoting" # Personal Revelations --- # Other References ## Tags