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> Is there some benefit to giving a fuck? Yes. Studies show diverse teams perform better... (and incidentally they also show that people who believe themselves
by richmarr 10y ago
> Is there some benefit to giving a fuck?
Yes. Studies show diverse teams perform better... (and incidentally they also show that people who believe themselves to be unbiased are actually more likely to make biased decisions).
- dbg31415 10y agoGoing to call BS on this. "Studies show..." -- without a citation seems like an opinion. Lab experiments using mock juries is all I'm finding. Doesn't quite seem relevant to technology teams. Most teams are distribute these days... so literally, other than Google Hangouts and conference calls, I don't get any daily indicators about my team's composition. I don't think it would matter if we did, but I don't see any studies that pertain to tech about diversity improving productivity.
- richmarr 10y agoEllison/Mullin (2014) used 8 years of data from professional services firms in 60 locations. Is that close enough to tech? You assert that distributed teams change the relationship between diversity and productivity, but I assume you're doing that without evidence, right? What's that opinion based on?