How satisfied are you with the diversity of your immediate team?

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Director of Information Security in Energy and Utilities4 years ago

An interesting follow up question to ask would be, does it matter what is teams diversity at all? In tech realm you tend to be graded on how well you deliver the projects and it's the quality of your team and how well they perform that affects this. Having more or less diversity on the team isn't necessarily a recipe for successful project/work delivery if your underlying team qualifications are not very good.

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no title4 years ago

It matters.

no title4 years ago

From the perspective of outcomes, diverse teams make better decisions and win. https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-diverse-teams-are-smarter<br><br>From an ethical perspective, I believe, as a leader, I can do a small part in providing more opportunities for diverse candidates that I was privileged to have, as a an old white guy. It's a moral imperative once you recognize inequity to try to alleviate it in whatever ways you can.

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