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AnonTechie writes "In business, intelligence is always a critical element in any employee, because what we do is difficult and complex and the competitors are filled with extremely smart people. However, intelligence isn't the only important quality. Being effective in a company also means working hard, being reliable, and being an excellent member of the team. Companies where people with diverse backgrounds and work styles can succeed have significant advantages in recruiting and retaining top talent over those that don't."
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Friday February 28 2014, @12:51PM
Team players with diverse backgrounds? Oh so you mean you want the black people and the white people to work together without shouting racial slurs at each other?
That's not the only kind of diversity. "Diverse backgrounds" can refer to industries. A team made up of only people who have only worked in your industry will probably not be as innovative as a team made up of people who have worked in other industries during their careers.
For instance, suppose you are an auto manufacturer. Do you want to only hire engineers who are fresh out of college, and experience engineers who have only worked at other auto companies? Or should you hire some engineers who have worked in different industries, such as aerospace, consumer electronics, medical devices, construction equipment, marine diesel engines, etc.? If you do the latter, your team will probably come up with solutions to problems that a team that's never been outside the auto industry would ever be likely to think of, because of their exposure to those other fields and the solutions found in those fields to similar problems. The former team would tend to always do things the traditional way, rather than looking at out-of-the-box solutions or techniques.