The willingness to entertain and even welcome opposing ideas is key to being more creative.
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“Diversity enhances creativity.“
“It encourages the search for novel information and perspectives, leading to better decision making and problem solving.“
‘Informational diversity fuels innovation.”
“Diversity provokes new thinking”
“It encourages the search for novel information and perspectives, leading to better decision making and problem solving.“
‘Informational diversity fuels innovation.”
“Diversity provokes new thinking”
“For groups that value innovation and new ideas, diversity helps.“
“Being with similar others leads us to think we all hold the same information and share the same perspective. This perspective...is what hinders creativity and innovation.”
“Being with similar others leads us to think we all hold the same information and share the same perspective. This perspective...is what hinders creativity and innovation.”
“When we hear dissent from someone who is different from us, it provokes more thought than when it comes from someone who looks like us.”
A longitudinal study demonstrates: “Students who were trained to negotiate diversity (in ideas) from the beginning showed much more sophisticated moral reasoning by the time they graduated.“
“Diversity (in ideas) appears to lead to higher-quality scientific research.”
“This is how diversity works: by promoting hard work and creativity; by encouraging the consideration of alternatives even before any interpersonal interaction takes place.“
“This is how diversity works: by promoting hard work and creativity; by encouraging the consideration of alternatives even before any interpersonal interaction takes place.“
“...we need diversity—in teams, organizations, and society as a whole—if we are to change, grow, and innovate.”
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