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Why your leadership team can’t think ‘outside the box’

Two scatter plots comparing cognitive diversity perceptions. Left chart shows how managers rated themselves across exploration-stability and matter-relationship orientation axes, with points widely distributed across all quadrants. Right chart shows how employees rated the same managers, with points clustered much more tightly in the center-right area, demonstrating significantly less perceived cognitive diversity.

Your leadership team may look diverse, but Harvard Business Review research reveals a hidden problem: while managers see themselves as cognitively different, employees perceive them as remarkably similar in thinking styles.

Cognitive diversity: the secret weapon your expert team is missing

Bubble chart showing cognitive diversity vs. time to solve complex challenges. High diversity teams (blue bubbles) solved problems in 21-23 minutes, while low diversity teams (black bubbles) took 35+ minutes or failed entirely.

Research reveals why brilliant executives struggle with strategy: cognitive diversity beats individual intelligence for solving complex challenges. Homogeneous teams miss obvious solutions despite their expertise.

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