Ep3 Cognitive Diversity & Inclusion

Send us Fan MailDr Amanda Potter sharing her research on Cognitive Diversity - why it is critical for business and team effectiveness and how it is different from demographic or identity diversity.In this episode, Amanda is being interviewed by Tim Hepworth.The Chief Psychology Officer website is now available https://www.thecpo.co.uk/To contact Amanda via LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/amandapotterzirconTo contact Amanda via email:[email protected] more information about the BeTalent Strengths Questionnaire please go to: https://www.betalent.com/product-strengths Timestamps Cognitive Diversity 00:00 – Introduction to Cognitive Diversity 00:49 – What exactly is Cognitive Diversity? 01:03 – Demographic Diversity 01:34 – It’s how we think; its all in your mind 01:41 – Heuristics 101 01:53 – Inside vs. Outside Importance of Cognitive Diversity 02:09 – Why are we discussing it? 02:32 – Own your consequences 02:46 – Is inclusion an illusion? 03:25 – Strengths 03:56 – Is strengths the same as motivation? 04:16 – Being meticulous and motivated 05:00 – The application of strengths in organizations 05:26 – They are outstanding & above-average 05:56 – Banks like averages 06:47 – Are strengths part of our personalities? 06:58 – Personality vs. Strengths 07:35 – Why talk about strengths over Cognitive Diversity? 07:58 – Strengths as indicators 08:12 – Benefits of Cognitive Diversity It sounds bad, but somehow its all good… 08:32 – The 4 areas of a business that benefit from Cognitive Diversity 09:29 – How do we achieve Cognitive Diversity? 09:40 – Step-by-step guide 10:00 – Accountability & Responsibility 10:17 – Recruitment 11:05 – Celebrate difference 11:21 – Learn from our mistakes 11:52 – Gain Cognitive Diversity, from frustration 12:22 – Demographic or Cognitive Diversity? Why not both! 12:57 – Cognitive Diversity in a Psychologically unsafe environment 13:30 – Loss of Diversity, be more compliant 14:02 – Less likely to learn 14:34 – For your service, good or bad Diversity?... 14:51 – A culture of homogeny 15:14 – Is age a guarantee of success? Teams & Cognitive Bias 15:54 – The Recipe for building a diverse team 16:20 – Does personality count? 16:35 –Introverts vs. Extroverts 17:20 – Importance of Diversity 18:13 – Making sense of the world 18:33 – Causes of Shortcuts and Unconscious Bias 18:54 – Trigger happy Amygdala 19:48 – Keep an eye on Bias, but what about Age Bias? 20:04 – Ending a career with less proactivity 20:26 – Beginning a career with a enthusiasm 20:45 – Undermining Cognitive Diversity 20:57 – Profile Matching 21:38 – Ethics of profile matching methodology 22:08 – Ingroup vs. Outgroup populations 22:36 – Conflict of interest in inclusion The way I see it… 23:04 – Personal view on Positive Action & Discrimination 23:20 – Positive Discrimination explained 23:28 – Positive Action explained 24:01 – Effect on the culture of an organization 24:29 – Team Dynamics 24:44 – The dominant figure 25:17 – Meritocracy, not communism Episodes are available here https://www.thecpo.co.uk/ To follow Zircon on LinkedIn and to be first to hear about podcasts, publications and news, please like and follow us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betalent-by-zircon/ To access the research white papers mentioned in this and other podcasts, please go to: https://www.betalent.com/research For more information about the BeTalent suite of tools and platform please contact: [email protected]