[bonadrag]

> It's not that I don't think diversity in corporate environments is extremely valuable

The fact that you pre-emptively accept the idea that maximizing diversity to its limits is beneficial to corporations shows that people just take these things at heart because "the people in charge said so". It is not a coincidence that much of the research of the supposed benefits of diversity in businesses comes from business schools in prestigious institutions—HBR, Stanford Business School, etc. As these institutions are one of the most authoritative entities of the structures of power in the West. At some point this bubble must burst.

[hn_throwaway_99]

> The fact that you pre-emptively accept the idea that maximizing diversity to its limits is beneficial to corporations

I literally never said that, nor do I believe it, nor do I quite understand what "maximizing diversity to its limits" means.

My belief primarily comes from working in a range of companies and environments, some that were quite diverse, and some that were really lacking in diversity (and by "lacking in diversity" I mean cases where, in just one example, we had a sizable team with only a single woman), and I've seen that the environments that were lacking in diversity had very specific problems that were a detriment to the business (in addition to just generally sucking for some folks specifically due to that lack of diversity).

[enumjorge]

> maximizing diversity to its limits is beneficial to corporations

That’s a straw man argument. Diversity efforts are not about maximizing “to its limits”.

And most research about business come from the same prestigious business schools. Unless you think all research coming them are suspect, I don’t really understand your point.