And as if on queue, there's an entertaining book out about this very subject, The Big Disruption by Jessica Powell, ex Google, freely available @ https://disruption.medium.com. ; There's a review in today's New York Times... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/technology/silicon-valleys-keystone-problem-a-monoculture-of-thought.html Eliot On 02.10.18 08:59, Eliot Lear wrote: > Hi Dan, > > > On 02.10.18 00:34, Daniel Harkins wrote: >> I was not simplifying their "struggle", only pointing out that there are >> examples of tech valuing a mono-culture so we can't say we want "diversity >> of all kinds." We need to say what kinds of diversity we want. And I'd >> hope >> it won't be done with statements designed to avoid discussion such as: >> "diversity is a competency." > The reason I raised this point in response to Brian's draft has to do > with the organization being blindsided, particularly the IAB. In this > sense I view a monoculture as an existential threat to the organization, > simply because we won't be prepared for whatever Next Big Thing comes > along, or we won't know when we are actually creating risks to our own > organization. I believe we are in this very situation today. The only > way out of it that I can think of is very broad and diverse experience > and expertise. I don't necessarily measure that in skin tone, sexual > preference, gender, age, or what passport one holds, although those are > sometimes good indicators of that sort of diversity, but I don't think > there can be an answer to your question, simply because we don't know > what the Next Big Thing will be. > > Eliot > >
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