Exactly, I heard this from people from literal NASA. It changed my whole perspective. It’s about ensuring the maximum number of viewpoints around a given table, because that’s how you avoid blind spots. You want as many perspectives as possible on a problem.
There’s an episode of Reply All about this where they talk about efficiency and how more diverse teams are not necessarily more efficient at the beginning but over time greatly increase efficiency because more diverse life experience results in more ideas.
I think the episode is #52: Raising the Bar
Basically, when faced with a difficult problem, a more diverse team gets better results, which makes sense because different life experiences = different knowledge bases = fewer gaps.
Yes, I didn’t phrase that well. DEI is more than its three components. You can have diversity without equity and inclusion. You can have equity and inclusion without affirmative action and quotas. Diversity, equity, inclusion is a desired outcome with typically quotas being the main tool. So DEI as a term is mostly interchangeable with affirmative action and quotas. People opposed to quotas aren’t necessarily opposed to diversity.
Exactly, I heard this from people from literal NASA. It changed my whole perspective. It’s about ensuring the maximum number of viewpoints around a given table, because that’s how you avoid blind spots. You want as many perspectives as possible on a problem.
There’s an episode of Reply All about this where they talk about efficiency and how more diverse teams are not necessarily more efficient at the beginning but over time greatly increase efficiency because more diverse life experience results in more ideas.
I think the episode is #52: Raising the Bar
Basically, when faced with a difficult problem, a more diverse team gets better results, which makes sense because different life experiences = different knowledge bases = fewer gaps.
So it doesn’t apply to pilots then? Kinda just meetings?
Diversity in a team has lots of advantages, but that’s not directly related to DEI, affirmative action, and quotas.
Diversity isn’t directly related to DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)? Oh. Ok.
Yes, I didn’t phrase that well. DEI is more than its three components. You can have diversity without equity and inclusion. You can have equity and inclusion without affirmative action and quotas. Diversity, equity, inclusion is a desired outcome with typically quotas being the main tool. So DEI as a term is mostly interchangeable with affirmative action and quotas. People opposed to quotas aren’t necessarily opposed to diversity.