Just how boring would life be if we were all the same? If we all had the same skin color, haircuts and styles, clothes, eyes, voice, thoughts, skills, and qualities, what would set us apart from the rest of society? The diversity that we experience in our everyday lives is what makes life exciting. Fact is, we are all different; we have our own opinions, traditions, and distinctive characteristics. Thank God that we are all, in some way, unique in the world around us.
When I attended the event, A Business Case of Diversity, I took was able to see an entire new side of diversity. Aside from diversity giving us a variety in the people in our lives, diversity creates progress. The speaker talked a lot about the success of problem solving in a diverse group of people versus a group of non-diverse people. He noted that studies prove that the diverse groups have better results, make more progress, and come up with better – more thought out solutions.
I found these studies rather interesting; a group of all high IQ people working to solve a problem does not perform as high as a group of people with diverse IQ’s. I guess this situation does make sense. The group of diverse people are all thinking a lot differently, and not proposing the same solutions. Diversity in problem solving is important because the members will think of different ways to go about things and have a wider selection of solutions. The speaker also talked about the ways that the two groups would get along. The diverse group will absolutely hate each other because they are all so different. The diverse group will contradict each other and may have trouble agreeing on solutions. The group people more alike will get along better, and more easily agree on solutions.
Overall, diversity is essential in all aspects in life. Although the Business case of Diversity was mainly focusing on the effectiveness of diversity in the work place, you should realize that it is important to connect with a variety of people through friendships, relationships, and other learning experiences – after all, Diversity is the one thing we all have in common.
true dat, we are all different
ReplyDeleteLove the last sentence in your post! We are lucky we go to a diverse campus so we can all learn for each other. In the end it will make us all more versatile in our careers!
ReplyDeleteI agree that we are all different. By living in a diverse community, we can become better people
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you could draw other uses from the diversity event. Its really important that you are able to pull out the important facts from things and apply them. Like the fact that diversity is useful outside of the workplace.
ReplyDeleteI love living on a diverse campus!
ReplyDeleteI also went to this event and I agree with everything you said
ReplyDeleteYou are very right.. Diversity makes things much more interesting. It would be lame if we were all the same.
ReplyDeleteI actually went to this event also and I liked what he had to say about diversity and how it benifitted the work place.
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