[josephg]

> Research shows more diverse teams deliver better results.

FYI, there's plenty of nuance in the research that people like to gloss over. My understanding is that diversity of background / experience improves team performance. But having a diversity of values amongst your team decreases performance.

For example, if you form a diverse team where some people care about profits above all else, and other people care more about doing good in the world, the team will become less effective. Its really hard to use this research when hiring because a lot of values questions (like "who did you vote for?") are somewhere between creepy and illegal to ask.

Source: I used to work with someone who had a PhD in psychometric assessment. People saying "diversity=good" was one of her bug bears. I haven't read the research myself.

[dclowd9901]

I would ask if there was any published studies showing that "diversity of values" was bad, because searching Google for "diversity of values bad" does not yield any relevant results.

Then I would ask what her political leanings were next.

Studies seem to show that diversity initiatives fail mostly because of a lack of comprehensive diversity and inclusivity effort, e.g. companies talking big about it, but not backing it up with action, money, people, etc.

[dgb23]

Would it be illegal/creepy to ask then to sort a list of propositions or something like that?