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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Thuleander

Lol.
Stopped reading after that.

You can also stop reading this then: New study about the benefits of diversity

So, what are some of these mind-boggling findings from the report? Here are a few banner observations:

An economist from Carnegie Mellon found that teams that included at least one female member had a collectively higher IQ than teams that had just men.
When Fortune 500 companies had at least three female directors, several key factors increased: The return on invested capital jumped over 66%, return on sales went up 42%, and return on equity increased by 53%.
Gallup found that companies with more diversity on staff have a 22% lower turnover rate, and if an organization has a more inclusive culture that embraces women, it’s easier to recruit a more diverse staff.
A 2012 study on women’s participation in IT patents found that patents with mixed gender teams were cited 30% to 40% more than similar patents with all-male teams.
Studies in 17 different countries in all different industries found that across the board, having a larger number of women on a team accounts for greater psychological safety, team confidence, group experimentation, and team efficiency.
Overall, the reason why the data matters is simple: More diversity leads to more creative products and teams, which leads to better businesses. Jeanne Hultquist, author of the paper, explains: “[With] more diverse team chemistry, you get more perspectives with a larger variety of options to consider, and more chances of having innovative solutions proposed.” And women are a serious driver of this diversity.

What’s next for the study of women in the workforce? Researchers are hoping to zone in on a newer male-dominated industry : startups. And hopefully, the results will be just as encouraging.