Building Inclusion and Countering Bias in Teams
Researchers have established that diverse teams tend to have better outcomes. Yet it can be difficult to build a diverse team and also to help a culturally diverse group coalesce around a goal. This guide, a compilation of insights from MIT SMR, offers a cross-section of viewpoints on what it means to build and lead a productive, heterogenous group of contributors.
Articles included in this collection:
Rethinking the East Asian Leadership Gap
By Winter Nie, Daphne Xiao, and Jean-Louis Barsoux
Negotiating With Chinese Investors
By Li Ma, Jeanne Brett, Hao Wang, and Zhi-Xue Zhang
Mastering the Make-in-India Challenge
By Ram Mudambi, Haritha Saranga, and Andreas Schotter
The Upside of Being a Woman Among ‘Bros’
By Morela Hernandez
How to Change a Culture: Lessons From NUMMI
By John Shook
The Need for Culture Neutrality
By Amit S. Mukherjee
How Global Is Your C-Suite?
By Pankaj Ghemawat and Herman Vantrappen
On the Rocky Road to Strong Global Culture
By Orly Levy, Sully Taylor and Nakiye A. Boyacigiller
