[adolph]

The parent comment uses “seems” so doesn’t claim certainty. I attended a seminar by Amy Edmunson [0] that cited studies indicating that teams of higher diversity were slightly lower performing on average but had higher variance. The takeaway was that a route to a higher performing team was increased team diversity plus psychological safety can lead to improved results by keeping the top end of the variation range.

0. https://fearlessorganization.com/

[mbrodersen]

It doesn’t match my experience. The most successful teams I have worked on were not diverse at all. And the worst teams I have worked on were very diverse. It is hard enough to understand each other and communicate clearly in a team without also having to overcome language/culture barriers.