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According to The Center for American Progress, a diverse workforce is integral to a strong economy. Among their top 10 economic facts about diversity in the workplace: A diverse workplace can capture a greater share of the consumer market. Recruiting from a diverse pool of candidates means a more qualified workforce.

In other words, a diverse workforce is more effective at exploiting the world’s resources for their own gain. Is this something that we want?

Maybe. If so, and you need to change the type of people that you put on team then what is the best way to affect diversity. This is where it gets hazy.

Say for example you have a 8 person Australian listed company board. 8 fat white boring blokes that went to the same high school. You somehow manage to get consensus to replace someone that is retiring with someone a little different, in order to break up the affinity group and to create some genuine diversity in thinking and decision making, purportedly to increase the wealth creation of the company, yada yada.

Which of the following would create more diversity from the 8 white blokes?

(a) One of the 8 fat bloke’s wives
(b) A transvestite
(c) A former asylum seeker
(d) A bipolar mass murderer
(e) A comedian
(f) A singing happy clapper
(g) A former convict and politician