Cognitive Diversity
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
Capital Allocators 
20VC
4 statements about Cognitive Diversity, every show
Mauboussin: Cognitive Diversity Boosts Fund Returns; Demographic Diversity Is Neutral
“There's only one paper that I've ever seen that attempted to tackle whether it was cognitive diversity or social category diversity that added value, and what that paper found, and it was a couple thousand mutual funds, and it's hard to tag these things really…”
Page: Organizational efficiency pressures erode cognitive diversity in mental models
“When I go work for a firm, or if I'm working in an organization, you know, stock analyst, psychologist, whatever I'm doing, mental models that we use are like local interaction models. Right? I mean, like, it's like, oh, you're using that metal model. It's eas…”
Headlee: Cognitive Diversity Drives Innovation While Seeking Agreement Hinders It
“Agreement is, is not a great goal if what you're trying to do is be innovative or creative in your problem solving. Do cognitive diversity is extremely helpful. That's when you'll get your best ideas.”