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Diversity = Leveraging Differences

Diversity = Leveraging Differences. Leyland P. Brown Vice President Printing Personal Systems, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. The Aha moment …. Does diversity make a difference, really?. Two heads are better than one BUT Two different heads are better than two similar ones.

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Diversity = Leveraging Differences

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  1. Diversity =Leveraging Differences Leyland P. Brown Vice President Printing Personal Systems, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co.

  2. The Aha moment…

  3. Does diversity make a difference, really?

  4. Two heads are better than oneBUTTwo different heads are better than two similar ones

  5. Talent is key to competitive advantageAnd talent is linked to demographics….

  6. 2030: Germany Third largest economy in the world DIW Research Institute (Berlin) • People over 65 will account for half of the population compared with one fifth now • People under 35 will shrink twice as fast as the older population will grow Net result: • Working age population will drop by 25% • Immigration is necessary = diversity • Import 1 million immigrants of working age each year to maintain it workforce

  7. So why do we not do it?

  8. #1 Irrational need for our idea to be the idea • “The slowness of one section of the world about adopting the valuable ideas of another section of the world is a curious thing and unaccountable. This form of stupidity is confined to no community, to no nation; it is universal.”

  9. #2 Brain seeks the easiest way…. Our brain: 2% body mass and requires 20% of our energy Brain is always trying to conserve energy • Comfort zones • Familiar • Closed minded vs. Open minded

  10. #3 Diversity needs support • Assess the situation • Isolate the problem • Formulate the solution • Woo up – get your superiors to approve • Woo laterally – to get your peers to agree • Woo down – to get your direct reports to accept • Implement

  11. Follow up is the difference maker • “The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask” Peter Drucker • Enormous disconnect between understanding and doing….

  12. Some truths about diversity: • More than one person = diversity • Diversity is not the problem. Close mindedness is the problem • Employee engagement – people want to be acknowledged, valued. • Diversity leads to creativity and innovation.

  13. What is HP doing?

  14. Employee Resource Groups (ERG)Women on the Way Up Young Employee Network (YEN) Asian Network PRIDECo Op Programs and New Grad MandatesMeasuring diversity when recruitingMentoring programs2nd Year Best Diversity EmployerITAC Diversity leadershipCommunity Involvement

  15. “Take from the margin to rethink the whole” LaniGuineir“The marginal voice is the one that holds the seed of the next great idea.”

  16. Sidewalk ramps…

  17. Leveraging differences ….“It makes the organization extraordinary rather than merely ordinary.” Martin M. Davidson

  18. Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Ship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

  19. Diversity is our untapped resource.Diversity is the untapped frontier.

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