I wanted to talk a moment about Leveraging Diversity.

Often, when we go out and hire people, we like the people that are like us and I see it often in teams that I deal with where everybody's kind of the same. You have this sort of homogeneous group of people who think alike, do alike, play the same sports. They're very, very similar. And whilst that can be a fun environment to work in, it's very narrow and diverse teams work really, really well. If you create an environment where diversity is valued, then you really unlock an extraordinary amount of potential. I have no idea, for instance, why we still have this debate around women on boards. I mean the science is there, the stats are there. If you have a diverse board from a gender perspective or race or background or religion or whatever it might be, all that diversity creates a melting pot of ideas and background and perspectives.

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