Smaller companies are often more homogenous. Don't simply increase your diversity because of the social pressure to do so. Instead, realize that hiring a more diverse team will give you a whole new repertoires of innovative ideas. And then develop a strategy for effectively using the diversity of your team.
David LivermoreBecoming a culturally intelligent innovators starts with something as basic as exercising self-control.
David LivermoreThe more diverse your team, the better you'll be at identifying what a diversity of users perceive as problems.
David LivermoreClashing expectations are what most consistently derail any team, and especially a culturally diverse team. So if you take the time to "define" the goal carefully upfront, you've addressed one of the most difficult and important parts of the innovative process.
David LivermoreMay we all beware lest our innovative ideas appear very cliche before we even blink.
David LivermoreCulturally intelligent innovation begins with changing our impulse from Why can't you see it like I do? to Help me see what I might be missing!
David LivermoreMany Westerners see follow-through and reliability as the most critical factor in how they calculate the trustworthiness of another individual. In some other cultures, who you know and how you're related to other individuals is the most important variable. And for others, it may be as much about your reputation and what others have said about you.
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