This continues from Insights from Book: "Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations" (Part 1).
PART 2: A Snippet: The Double-edged Sword of Diversity in Forming Teams
Guess most of us would always here that diversity is a favourable trait of a good team. But Team Genius listed out some of the contentions of having diversity just for its sake. While having too common backgrounds (regardless of physical attributes) can limit creativity in teams, in a diverse group, members may view each other through a biased scope of stereotypes on social categories (not just the usual stuffs like physical build, but more of backgrounds and experiences). This can be a problem especially when members start to fail to identify themselves with the group.
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