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E177 - Matthew Syed: How to think outside the box

The High Performance Podcast

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Cognitive Diversity - It's Mission Critical

A lack of cognitive diversity can create real world problems, he says. The CIA is a good example - 95% of the analytical intake at the agency were white and middle class. In other words, if you like conceptual flair, detach from sort of granular cultural understanding can be a disaster,. He adds: 'There's a whole array of things that really high performing organisations are getting right on cognitive diversity'

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