Joe Gerstandt | keynote speaker, freedom fighter, freak-flag flier

“To be creative requires divergent thinking (generating many unique ideas) and then convergent thinking (combining those ideas into the best result).”

-Newsweek

I do an increasing amount of speaking and presenting on cognitive diversity…what it is, why it matters, how to benefit from it, how it is linked to better decision making and innovation.  I think it is an incredibly important topic and a big part of resetting the diversity and inclusion conversation and a big part of building next generation communities and organizations.  This morning I spoke at a Diversity Best Practices forum in Indianapolis about cognitive diversity and I thought I would share my slides.