I agree. People will almost always hire people just like them. You need to have an impetus to reach out to the unknown. The value in having diversity in the workplace (or the school) is so immense, so valuable, but hardly anyone ever talks about how much stronger we are for having different points of view.
I heard Rumsfield last night saying that their plans for Iraq couldn't be criticized because no one knows the future. It was really clear to me that they don't have ANYONE on their team with simple analytical/predictive skills. (Give Democracy to Shiites and they'll probably immediately vote to form a Theocracy, for example.) The lack of diversity of opinion creates a stunningly weak organism.
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Date: 2006-10-27 01:41 pm (UTC)I heard Rumsfield last night saying that their plans for Iraq couldn't be criticized because no one knows the future. It was really clear to me that they don't have ANYONE on their team with simple analytical/predictive skills. (Give Democracy to Shiites and they'll probably immediately vote to form a Theocracy, for example.) The lack of diversity of opinion creates a stunningly weak organism.