Feb. 28, 2023

79. Equity by Design: How Diversity Ignites Creativity

79. Equity by Design: How Diversity Ignites Creativity

In this episode, Professor Adina Sterling discusses how we can foster more diversity for healthier social networks and stronger, high performing teams.

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If we want healthier companies, schools, and teams associate professor of organizational behavior Adina Sterling says investing in the health of marginalized groups “can have enormous spillover effects for everyone.”

Sterling is an organizational theorist and economic sociologist whose research explores how human relationships affect organizations and markets. As she says, “The outcomes that individuals, groups, and organizations experience have to do with the social networks that they have.”

In her class and lab, Equity by Design, Sterling explores the structural and cultural drivers of workplace inequality. In this episode of Think Fast Talk Smart, she and Matt Abrahams discuss how organizations can leverage social networks, DE&I efforts, and better communication to create better outcomes for individuals and the collective.

More resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpu4Xbz5Tjg,

https://gsb-faculty.stanford.edu/adina-sterling/equity-by-design-lab/

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/working-papers/egalitarian-effort-how-cultural-scrutiny-produces-gendered-hiring

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/working-papers/fairness-job-fairs-how-race-gender-influence-relational

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Adina Sterling

Associate Professor of Business