A Business Case for Diversity

Tonight I attended the diversity lecture A Business Case for Diversity. I know, I know, good job procrastinating to the last one. I found the lecture to be pretty interesting though.It was all about how in society a group of smart diverse people will always be more accurate than a group of smart people that isn't diverse.

It was all a little confusing I thought. There were a lot of mathematical equations that apparently somehow proved what Scott Jones was lecturing about. I didn't really see how it all tied together, but I guess there's a reason I'm not a math major either! It was interesting to see though how it is possible to tie math into societal issues and how diversity can actually be incorporated into how accurate people can be.

The lecture wasn't really what I expected. He didn't talk about how we should be accepting of people and that companies should hire a diverse group of employees. Though he did say that we should have a diverse work force, he said it should be because it's a more dynamic business setting than having just one ethnic/racial/gender/etc. groups. Though it was a bit confusing, it was a very interesting lecture to listen to.