The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies - New Edition Paperback - 2008
by Page, Scott
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- Title The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies - New Edition
- Author Page, Scott
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 456
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2008
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0691138540I4N10
- ISBN 9780691138541 / 0691138540
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.38 x 1.1 in (23.42 x 16.21 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Multiculturalism, Diversity in the workplace
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006044678
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.300
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"Scott Page has brought to our attention a practically important proposition: diversity of viewpoints is of the greatest importance in solving the problems that face us individually and collectively. Diversity among a group of problem solvers is more important than individual excellence. Page's exposition remarkably combines lightness and breadth of knowledge with rigor and evidence."--Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize-winning economist
"Scott Page knows more about diversity than anyone anywhere. In The Difference, he shows why diversity matters, how it leads to better outcomes, and most importantly why achieving the significant benefits of diversity requires thinking well beyond traditional categories such as race, gender, or ethnicity. Knowledge of this book should be a litmus test for educators and diversity trainers--if you haven't read it, you are just talking metaphor. Stop playing defense and start playing offense by buying this book."--Bill Miller, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Legg Mason Capital Management
"The book is brilliant. Page has a dazzling eclecticism."--Max Bazerman, Harvard Business School
"Does diversity trump ability when it comes to problem solving? Scott Page shows that the answer is, at least sometimes, yes. You'd do better to add more diversity of perspectives to your problem-solving team than to increase the average ability of individual team members. Diversity in both experience and identity can spark a group's creativity. Page pursues the logic of diversity and shows why and when hiring people who differ can lead to a better bottom line."--Ian Ayres, coauthor of Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small
