The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy (Our Compelling Interests)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06ZZ6DBTQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 561 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Miller, Vice President of Learning, Development & Inclusion, Gilead Sciences, Inc."Combining rigorous economic theory with artful policy analysis, Scott Page explains why the goal of achieving greater diversity in business, government, and other organizations needs to be pursued with determination. The Diversity Bonus should be required reading for leaders who want to unlock the full potential and performance of their teams. From the Back Cover"If you want your business or team to perform better, read this book. Levin, Princeton University"It can be hard to persuade hiring managers and project and team leaders to move beyond the assumption
He has been a featured speaker at Davos as well as at organizations such as Google, Bloomberg, BlackRock, Boeing, and NASA. Page is the Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a member of the American Academy of Arts
And The Diversity Bonus shows how and why.Scott Page, a leading thinker, writer, and speaker whose ideas and advice are sought after by corporations, nonprofits, universities, and governments around the world, makes a clear and compellingly pragmatic case for diversity and inclusion. How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people thinkWhat if workforce diversity is more than simply the right thing to do in order to make society more integrated and just? What if diversity can also improve the bottom line of businesses and other organizations facing complex challenges in the knowledge economy? It can. And the book includes a challenging response from Katherine Phillips of the Columbia Business School.The result changes the way we think about diversity in the workplace—and far beyo