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Diversity? 
Why? What? How?
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Diversity? 
Who!
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Im OK too
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marketblog.envato.com
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Why Diversity? 
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Why? 
Where is the feature?
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Why? 
Business Value?
Collective Intelligence 
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Brain
Collective Intelligence 
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Why? 
Better stuff && Faster
Women & Tech? 
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Something happened in 1984!!! 
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Source: NPR, Planet Money + above attribution
Math/Science Aptitude Men vs. Women 
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science aptitude slide 
Source: Teri Oda, Web Security Researcher at Carleton University 
http://www.slideshare.net/terriko/how-does-biology-explain-the-low-numbers-of-women-in-cs-hint-it-doesnt
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Diversity 
!= 
Gender
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Diversity 
!= 
Diversity
Actual Dimensional 
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Herein lies the problem: 
In a recent article disentangling what researchers 
have learned over the past 50 years, Margaret A. 
Neale finds that diversity across dimensions, such 
as functional expertise, education, or personality, 
can increase performance by enhancing creativity 
or group problem-solving. In contrast, more visible 
diversity, such as race, gender, or age, can have 
negative effects on a groupat least initially. 
Stanford Business 
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/diverse-backgrounds-personalities- 
can-strengthen-groups 
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Herein lies the problem: 
Actual Dimensional 
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Cultural 
Difference
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here 
Herein lies the opportunity! 
Actual Dimensional
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Dimensional 
Diversity 
Monocultural
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Diversity 
Aggregates
How do we work with 
functional diversity 
Company 
Conventions 
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Appreciation 
of Difference
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Appreciation! 
of Difference 
 algorithms 
 communication 
 organization 
Company! 
Conventions 
 TDD 
 Pairing 
 SOLID design
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How
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Dog vs. Cats
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Specific Actionable Stuff 
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~kind of~
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Everything 
is 
Subjective!
Planning Poker 
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 We are getting closer to the 
ultimate truth 
! 
 We are getting close to a 
shared value
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Debate is not 
a shared joy
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Source: wikipedia
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Take the bull 
by the horns
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The end 
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