Diverse Teams Quotes

I've had the opportunity to have different style teams with similar identities but opposite identities in some ways.

Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.

I'm not asking for there to be all black writer's rooms or all Asian writer's rooms, or all white - I want them all to be diverse. When it's diverse, you're going to have a completely different dynamic. Everybody feels othered. Nobody feels like they've got the upper hand.

I think overall, from a deputy, from an undersecretary standpoint, the goal of a good leader is to get diversity across there. Geographical diversity is important. Industry diversity is important: you can't have all corn growers... Not only that, you've got gender diversity, you've got racial diversity.

Technology can be biased in how it's developed if coders aren't careful. There are apps that are clearly made by companies with no people of color on their team.

The more diverse a research group or a business, the more robust it is, the more flexible it is, and the better it succeeds.

I've been a lot of places and worked with a lot of different guys. High draft picks. Low draft picks.

It's a tough thing to work with two different genders. You've gotta learn how to talk to women and talk to guys.

Companies and football teams have become successful precisely because of how diverse they are.

The best way to guarantee a steady stream of new ideas is to make sure that each person in your organization is as different as possible from the others. Under these conditions, and only these conditions, will people maintain varied perspectives and demonstrate their knowledge in different ways.

One of the reasons I wanted to start a company is because I wanted an environment that I wanted to work in. I wanted people to be able to have a life - for it to be OK to leave for a lacrosse game or a doctor's appointment. So I think women do work differently; it's important to have both men and women. They offer different things.

We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results.

Everyone is different. Everyone has different teams they've played on, coaches they've played for.

All the teams you have have different personalities, and you kind of want it.

I think the most diverse group will produce the best product; I firmly believe that.