Leveraging Diversity
Synergizing
diversity unleashes
power on both personal and
organizational level. To be
successful in today's complex,
rapidly changing and highly
competitive world, you must
embrace, manage and synergize
critical opposites.
You can inspire innovation and
find a
strategic competitive
advantage in an organizational
and cultural context by seeking
to leverage, rather than
diminish, opposite forces.
People with different cultural,
educational, scientific, and
business backgrounds will bring
different frames of reference to
a problem and can spark an
exciting and dynamic
cross-pollination of ideas.
Pay due attention to developing
strong and innovative
individuals, functions and
stand-alone businesses because
synergized diversity only works
when the elements of that
diversity are strong and
innovative in their own right.
Empowered Cross-functional Innovation
Teams
A
diversity of ideas and opinions
are needed to generate high
quality solutions. Innovation
depends upon the individual and
collective expertise of
employees.
In the new era of
systemic innovation, it is more
important for an organization to
be cross-functionally excellent
than functionally excellent.
