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PoCC/SDLC 2012 Houston, TX. Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President bassett@nais.org. The Good News: Data To Use Diversity & Complexity - Scott Page. In any and all systems (nature, corporate, educational, disease), the more diverse the system, the stronger and more likely to persist and succeed.
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PoCC/SDLC 2012 Houston, TX Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS Presidentbassett@nais.org
The Good News: Data To UseDiversity & Complexity - Scott Page • In any and all systems (nature, corporate, educational, disease), the more diverse the system, the stronger and more likely to persist and succeed. • Mathematically demonstrable: a formula to predict the higher likelihood of success of diverse systems • If you assemble the 100 “smartest” people you can find in one group and a random and diverse set of people in a second group, the second group outperforms in decision making every time.
The Good News: Data To Use • Good news for you at PoCC & SDLC: • You were smart to come here. And picked to come here as leaders. • You’ll be better leaders when you leave. And smarter! • Those that refuse to embrace diversity will miss the boat to the future of the species.
The End! (See related slides in Appendix)