Diverse team vs. White males head to head
I’d like to propose an experiment pitting a team of 12 diverse professionals vs. 12 white men given equivalent environment, conditions and requirements to determine which team produces better outcomes. Arguments: Would this experiment prove anything one way or the other? Is it possible for 12 white men to be diverse (Apple VP comment)? Is socioeconomic diversity more important than racial or pigment diversity? Thoughts?
No, that wouldn’t prove anything. Sample size too small.
At least they’d know some results, unlike tech companies enforcing diversity for no reason 🤣 If they do hire them for different perspective, who says they are needed or it ends up benefiting? Are they making good use of these perspectives? Something tells me they’d have more innovation if they got rid of management who care more about their personal egos and being right than company’s performance.
“No reason”? Are you serious? Study after study after study has shown that diverse teams and companies outperform hom0genous teams and companies. And tech companies don’t “enforce” diversity, but they do find ways to stimulate and encourage it. Side note: Really Blind developers, I can’t say “hom0genous”? Idiots.
Can someone point which apple exec alluded to this or said it? Curious to read.
I guess it would be more accurate to say former Apple VP, Denice Young Smith
Many teams in tech are only white males, so the sample size for that part is huge.
Not at MSFT. I have yet to be on a team without at least 1 woman, 1 Indian, 1 Caucasian.
Despite the accepted common wisdom of diversity as panacea (through a variety of hard to quantify metrics like differing viewpoints and broadened discussion), there is a body of supporting evidence for the opposite Search for "Heterogeneous Grouping of Students and Its Effects On Learning", or just use your own powers of observation. Much of human history has been made by heterogeneous groups, even if it was the much maligned white male faction in particular. From my own experience, people who share cultural norms, traditions and experiences tend to form closer bonds and produce better work than otherwise.
You either need a lot of teams like these or need to control several other factors to reach any conclusion. For instance, the 12 white men might be all college dropouts and the diverse team might be 100% MIT graduates and vice-versa.
Exactly... we focus on racial diversity almost exclusively, when diversity of origin, religion, wealth have a greater impact on our mindset/values and who we are.
Sure, but these factors are highly correlated.
Wow, a lot of thoughtful responses. I think if this experiment could be repeated enough times to have a reasonable sample size, I imagined we’d observe mixed results and conclude diversity is very different than what we think it is.
white males? had you been frozen for a 30 years? I have yet to see a majority white team, most are indo-chinese
Right but if you read liberal fake news press you would "know" that they are actually white males.
12 white men team is not deverse, but 12 black/women/indian team is?
All of you are sad.
That comment was from Apple VP.
It was actually the VP of diversity (ironically). I'd love to see this study. Though neither side would admit defeat regardless of how well proven the results were.