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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Working only with people like us undermines our full potential to truly succeed.
Chapter 3: In tackling complex problems, diversity matters as much as intelligence does.
Chapter 4: Without strong communication, diversity’s advantages end up being wasted.
Chapter 5: To be truly innovative, a diverse team requires individuals who are diverse at multiple levels within themselves too.
Chapter 6: To cultivate cognitive diversity, we must engage other viewpoints in genuinely meaningful ways beyond surface-level exchanges.
Chapter 7: By imposing rigid standards on people, we diminish the chances of success for everyone.
Chapter 8: Before we can tap diversity’s benefits, we must confront our biases and remain willing to listen with openness.
Description
Rebel Ideas (2019) explains why cognitive diversity is the fundamental ingredient for finding solutions to difficult problems, and how we can harness it to create positive change at work, in politics and when tackling global issues.
Who Should Listen
Managers seeking to optimize team performance
Innovators striving to arrive at better solutions
People wanting to diversify their thinking
About the Authors
Matthew Syed is the author of five bestselling books including Bounce, Black Box Thinking and You are Awesome and an award-winning journalist for the Times. He also co-hosts the podcast Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy and is the co-founder of Greenhouse, a charity which uses sport to empower children.