“Reduce variance.”
“Control the process.”
“Without standardization, no improvement.”
All are mantras of efficient operation.
Diversity means different things. This Forvm is about the cognitive kind — the sort that shows up in the same business language as divergence, deviation, dissent.
Call it something else however — innovation, originality, initiative — and suddenly it’s what every organization says it wants.
‘Standardize and conform’ or ‘Innovate and originate’. Businesses want both, from the same people, often in the same meeting. How is that reconciled — in organizations, in teams, in our own heads?
Join this SWISSUES Forvm to debate this.
No formal presentations. No agenda. Open to all. What could go wrong?
Thursday 23rd July at 18:00 CET
Register at https://luma.com/x9xiiog7
Diversity is not often credited with speeding up decision-making but this seems to be the raison d'être behind the structure of new NATO SpecOps role.
"That diversity brings genuine strength to the organisation. But also, because we're a Special Operations component, we need to be very flat and very fast in our decision-making.
https://www.forcesnews.com/services/tri-service/shift-culture-uk-swaps-hierarchy-haste-it-takes-nato-spec-ops-role?utm_source=Forces+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5ce4da5571-Newsletter+06072026&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-fa359c6d7a-445031450