Cognitive Diversity in Leadership

Stop treating your team like a machine where every part needs to be identical.

Matthew Syed's Rebel Ideas reveals something counterintuitive about high-performing teams. We assume hiring

people who think like us creates harmony, but it actually breeds dangerous blind

spots. The real conflict? Homogeneous teams miss critical information because everyone sees the

world through the same lens. Here is how to build cognitive diversity.

First, recruit people with different backgrounds and experiences. Not just different

job titles. Second, create psychological safety where dissenting voices are rewarded.

Not silenced. When the CIA analyzed their intelligence failures, they discovered teams