Scott Page on diversity and organizational performance, November 21, 2008
Achieving Extraordinary Organizational Performance Through Diversity
Professor Scott Page, University of Michigan
Friday, November 21, 1-2:15 p.m.
Founders Room, Alumni Center
200 Fletcher
Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? How does diversity improve an organization's predictions, decisions, and problem-solving capabilities? Moving beyond the politics that cloud standard debates about diversity, Scott Page discusses why difference beats out homogeneity, whether you're talking about citizens in a democracy or scientists in the laboratory, and why diversity trumps ability. Come and learn why progress depends as much on our collective differences as it does on our individual IQ scores! No registration required for this public lecture.
For more information about Professor Scott Page, see http://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/spage/page.pdf (PDF).
The Difference:
How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
Scott E. Page
Cloth | 2007 | $27.95 / £16.95
448 pp. | 6 x 9 | 49 line illus. 66 tables.
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Prologue [HTML] or [PDF]
A Q&A with author Scott E. Page
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