Category: Diversity of Thought
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Beyond Numbers: Ensuring Diversity Impacts Decisions
We have a diverse team” might be the riskiest sentence in your boardroom. Not because it is untrue. Because of what it lets you stop asking. Once a board or an executive team believes diversity is handled, it stops watching…
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Where Good Judgement is Won or Lost
Having diverse people in the room is not the same as having diverse thinking in the decision. You can build the most varied board or team in your sector. Different backgrounds, different disciplines, different histories. And still make narrow decisions.…
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The Essence of The Weird Exchange
Many of us have worked with someone who always had the answers. But the mentors we remember most often did something different. Instead of telling us what to think, they encouraged us to think for ourselves. They asked questions. They…
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Cultivating Wisdom: The Power of Thanking Influencers
None of us develop wisdom in isolation. It’s shaped by teachers, colleagues, mentors, friends and family. Sometimes by people who challenged us. Sometimes by complete strangers whose words stayed with us long after the conversation ended. The Weird Exchange reminds…
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Diversity of Thought in Action
Saw this on another platform this week and instantly sat up straight. David Pearce from Bayside Property and Agents has a new billboard. Here’s the line: “We chose David because we hated him the least.”Review – Seller, Wynnum Think about…
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Generosity of Thought
Generosity isn’t limited to giving time or resources. It also applies to the way we think. Generosity of thought means being willing to consider another person’s perspective before defending your own. It means asking questions before making assumptions. Listening before…
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One Conversation at a Time
Think about the conversations you’ve had today. Some were quick.Some were practical.Some you may barely remember. But every interaction leaves an impression. It can leave someone feeling encouraged. Heard.Inspired.More confident. Or it can leave them feeling overlooked, dismissed, or unheard.…
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Action-Based Research
Certainty is not safety. We treat them as the same thing. When I know exactly what comes next, I feel protected. When I do not, I feel exposed. So we chase certainty, and we tell ourselves that is being responsible.…
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Contribution Through Conversation
Many of us assume contribution means having the best idea. But contribution can be much simpler than that. Sometimes it looks like asking one thoughtful question. In Chapter 2 of Weird Wisdom® at Work, there’s a reminder to us that…
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What Happens to Teams That Really Use Diverse Thinking
A room full of different people can still end up with groupthink. Difference doesn’t automatically produce different thinking. This video covers what high-functioning teams actually do, inviting the different perspective explicitly, protecting ideas before critiquing them and the three specific…
