Why collective intelligence needs diversity

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It is difficult to talk about intelligence without mentioning the collective. And for good reason, Professor Émile Servan-Schreiber stresses that intelligence is inherently collective: “We know now that no form of intelligence functions in isolation…

Blurring: can we really separate work and home?

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We’ve been talking about work–life balance for years; and more recently, about the right to disconnect. But is it possible to draw a clear line between our professional and personal lives anymore? Isn’t the blurring of boundaries between work and home the very marker of modern lifestyles?
Let’s take a closer look at what could be not just a passing trend, but a genuine anthropological shift.

Promoting leadership diversity: a new corporate imperative

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Leaders typically come from a narrow set of backgrounds, i.e. able bodied, cis-gender, heterosexual men from dominant ethnic, religious, social and economic backgrounds with traditional forms of talent. With the international democratisation of education, talented people now come from widely diverse backgrounds. While we have seen a gradual increase in proportions of women in leadership positions and the emergence of leaders from other atypical backgrounds, leadership emergence has not caught up with the stellar demographic changes and diversity in the talent pool. I outline below what organisations could do to release this untapped potential and support the emergence of leaders from atypical and diverse backgrounds…