"The growing emphasis in business organisations on greater equity for women and minorities should pay dividends" - but no mention of the white working class who are (male and female) the majority and yet entirely unrepresented (putting a few privileged women and "exotic" people onto boards is not going to lead to cultural change).
"An opportunity to bring diversity to bear that is often missed is to bring young people into positions of leadership" - younger people have a different attitude to risk, and will take risks that are often unnecessary.
"Jugaad innovation, jugaad being the Urdu and Hindi word for improvisation" - this is interesting, I have not heard this concept before.
"Innovation requires people with the right skills and attributes" - this seems to be a tautology, and rather a meaningless statement.
"Innovation requires... individuals selected and combined into effective teams... with diverse backgrounds and perspectives" - this sounds like an ideological statement rather than an explanation of how innovation happens. Innovation is the result of new connections made between two attributes of the existing world (whether ideas, processes, products etc) and anyone can make these connections at any time, and anywhere.
"Organisations should be structured to be cross-functional and have fluid organisation roles" - this seems to be an argument against specialisation.
"Society must furnish a culture that is progressive and open to the transmission of new ideas, welcoming of diversity and rules-based" - again this sounds like wishy-washy ideology rather than anything practical.
"An opportunity to bring diversity to bear that is often missed is to bring young people into positions of leadership" - younger people have a different attitude to risk, and will take risks that are often unnecessary.
"Jugaad innovation, jugaad being the Urdu and Hindi word for improvisation" - this is interesting, I have not heard this concept before.
"Innovation requires people with the right skills and attributes" - this seems to be a tautology, and rather a meaningless statement.
"Innovation requires... individuals selected and combined into effective teams... with diverse backgrounds and perspectives" - this sounds like an ideological statement rather than an explanation of how innovation happens. Innovation is the result of new connections made between two attributes of the existing world (whether ideas, processes, products etc) and anyone can make these connections at any time, and anywhere.
"Organisations should be structured to be cross-functional and have fluid organisation roles" - this seems to be an argument against specialisation.
"Society must furnish a culture that is progressive and open to the transmission of new ideas, welcoming of diversity and rules-based" - again this sounds like wishy-washy ideology rather than anything practical.
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