From the recording

Diversity of thought has to be something that shows it has value, not just for figuring out where to go, but for actually figuring out what the problem is.

Julia Zarb

About this episode

I asked whether teams can find the right opportunities without diversity of thought. Shawntee Reed said leaders pressed for fast answers default to people who think like them and need to pause and ask who belongs at the table. Neil Khaund described a Gen Z that lived the mortgage crisis, missed graduations to COVID and now sees AI threaten the jobs it trained for. Julia Zarb noted that most people using generative AI at work don't tell their managers.

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