• Auli@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    But that is not what DEI does. DEI is there ro combat the old white boys club. What makes you think hiring Smith’s sin is going to get you the best candidate. To think without DEI you where Gurung the best candidate is such bullshit.

    • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Exactly, I heard this from people from literal NASA. It changed my whole perspective. It’s about ensuring the maximum number of viewpoints around a given table, because that’s how you avoid blind spots. You want as many perspectives as possible on a problem.

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        2 hours ago

        So it doesn’t apply to pilots then? Kinda just meetings?

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        5 hours ago

        There’s an episode of Reply All about this where they talk about efficiency and how more diverse teams are not necessarily more efficient at the beginning but over time greatly increase efficiency because more diverse life experience results in more ideas.

        I think the episode is #52: Raising the Bar

        Basically, when faced with a difficult problem, a more diverse team gets better results, which makes sense because different life experiences = different knowledge bases = fewer gaps.