Comments on: Diversity? Whutevs.

By: Jason Seiden

Jason Seiden — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:13:26 +0000

@Guy—Whaddya mean, “superficial” differences? TEAM JACOB!

By: Guy Farmer

Guy Farmer — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:05:20 +0000

Brilliant piece Jason. Diversity is so deeply about what’s going on inside people who think someone else is “different” rather than the object of their attention. We also tend to get stuck on superficial differences rather than celebrating the (gasp) things we have in common.

By: Jason Seiden

Jason Seiden — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:59:31 +0000

@Theresa—

Tell me about it!

By: Theresa

Theresa — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38:40 +0000

The sad thing is that you had to flag this as satire…cuz those who don’t get it, well…they still just won’t get it!

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By: joe

joe — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:59:05 +0000

Thanks Jason, looking forward to retirement!

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:11:52 +0000

Diversity makes teamwork easier. People who have different views, different ideas, draw on different experiences are never “team players.” They’re easy to spot and keep off the team.

By: Jason Seiden

Jason Seiden — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:34:42 +0000

Thomas—agreed. Diversity ultimately has more to do with what’s going on inside peoples’ heads than what’s going on outside… but that’s in a perfect world, and we are far, far, far from a perfect world on this dimension. Until then, diversity has to mean something much broader.

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By: Thomas Huynh

Thomas Huynh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:39:20 +0000

Jason, I’m pretty sure this isn’t the position you’re taking in your post; I simply wanted to make that nuance clear.

Thomas

By: Thomas Huynh

Thomas Huynh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:37:27 +0000

In all seriousness, differences are good when they make better results. I, too, prefer diversity but that doesn’t mean I want ‘ineffective’ simply because it’s different. This kind of diversity we can do without.

Thomas