Thinking about this further, something else comes to mind. One of the other things worth considering is that failing to comply with checklist-driven diversity

Thinking about this further, something else comes to mind. One of the other things worth considering is that failing to comply with checklist-driven diversity can land you in court for supposed discrimination, where the traditional metrics matter quite a bit and other approaches matter not at all. Between liability and ease of implementation and measurement, it's definitely going to be privileged over other approaches.