INTRODUCTION
“A diverse set of thoughts, backgrounds, and perspectives is just good business. One of the primary benefits of agility is constant feedback loops and collaboration. Without creating the environment and taking deliberate steps to incorporate diversity of thoughts and opinions, it’s a missed opportunity to improve employee engagement and build a better product or service for your customer.” Nate Nelson, Partner and Managing Director, ADAPTOVATE USA.
Each human being has a different lived experience, based not only on the choices they make throughout their life, but also on the various “dimensions of identity” they hold.
Team members see the world through a lens of their overlapping identities; if their teammates have different identities, then they likely see the world differently and are able to add unique perspectives to every conversation.
Kayla Cartwright is a project lead for ADAPTOVATE in the US. Kayla has extensive experience in both Diversity and Inclusion and Agile Consulting. Kayla explains, “Given that agile values discussion and shared perspectives, having a variety of identities on a team will generally make for a richer discussion, with varied assumptions unear