“Diversity is being asked to the ball, inclusion is being asked to dance, collaboration is everyone dancing together, choosing the music and the venue.” From 1845 to 1849, the Great (Potato) Famine wiped out one…
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Russian Doll Leadership and the Similarity-Attraction Effect
“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.” — Pablo Picasso Russian dolls or Matryoshka dolls are sets of wooden dolls of decreasing…
Diversity = Better Thinking: Gender, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Neurodiversity
In 1951, psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments on conformity. Groups of eight participants took part in a simple task. All but one participant were party to this experiment. The true focus of…
A.H. Augmented Humanity, A remedy for Ageism?
“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” — Madeleine L’Engle One of the great ironies of playing sport is that when you are older your experience is…
Bias is an Innovation Killer
My Wife and My Mother-In-Law, by the cartoonist W. E. Hill, 1915 (adapted from a picture going back at least to a 1888 German postcard) Before you begin reading, have a look at the image…
Diversity…of thought, not skin colour
In 1951, Polish psychologist and pioneer of social psychology in the United States Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments on conformity. Groups of eight participants took part in a simple task. All but one…