> to make a more gender diverse working space i would have to sacrifice quality / skills / talent, which I will not do. The main point here I've already addres

> to make a more gender diverse working space i would have to sacrifice quality / skills / talent, which I will not do. The main point here I've already addressed in my reply to your parent comment, but there's an additional point worth making. There are now two (to my knowledge) studies that show diverse teams outperform heterogenious teams. The diverse teams feel less comfortable because your team members might fail the "would I enjoy working with you on a sunday" test, or the "do I want to go for a beer with you" test, but the additional perspectives provide meaningful insight Edit: The point being that assessing team members on the basis of individual skill misses an important point about the way teams behave as a whole