In seeking to engage with multiple and diverse perspectives (Practice C2), we must go beyond differences in race, color, gender, and social differences to also seek out the people who disagree with us the most. This cognitive diversity may bring new ways of thinking about problems and innovation around solutions. As the authors of this Harvard Business Review article write, “When you face a new, uncertain, complex situation, and everyone agrees on what to do, find someone who disagrees and cherish them.”
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Teams solve problems faster when they’re more cognitively diverse
Article
20 minutes
By: Alison Reynolds and David Lewis, Harvard Business Review
Educator-prep | Leader-prep
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
I was a low-income college student. Classes weren’t the hard part.
Article
10 minutes
By: New York Times
Why diversity is hard (and why it’s worth it)
Video
2 minutes
By: Columbia Business School, Katherine Phillips
Icebreakers
Tool
15 minutes
By: University of Florida
Just thinking about cooperation can make you less prejudiced
Article
10 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center, Jill Suttie
Compassion meditation
Tool
30 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center