Rocío Lorenzo: How diversity makes teams more innovative
רוסיו לורנזו: כיצד גיוון והכללה גורמים לצוותים להיות חדשניים יותר
BCG's Rocío Lorenzo advises telecommunication and media companies on their strategy and how to transform their businesses in times of digital disruption. Full bio
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was not something I had to worry about.
משהו שאני צריכה לדאוג ממנו.
generation had to fight for.
we were 50-50, male-female,
naturally over time, right?
working as a management consultant
בעבודתי כיועצת ניהול
I was the only woman in the room
הייתי האישה היחידה בחדר
out of political correctness,
בגלל תקינה פוליטית
their most immediate, pressing goals:
את היעדים המיידיים, הדחופים ביותר שלהם:
delivering the new product,
working with diverse teams
a little bit more effort at the beginning,
more creative ideas.
really more innovative,
than something to comply with?
יותר ממשהו שיש לציית לו?
with the Technical University of Munich.
עם האוניברסיטה הטכנולוגית של מינכן
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
around the world.
basically two things:
and how diverse they are.
of revenues they've made
in the last three years,
בשלוש השנים האחרונות
how many creative ideas they have,
כמה רעיונות חדשים יש להם,
translate into products and services
הפכו למוצרים ושירותים
more successful today and tomorrow.
ליותר מוצלחת בהווה ובעתיד.
we looked at six different factors:
הסתכלנו על שישה גורמים שונים:
age and gender, amongst others.
with those questions,
we would expect as a result.
thought, or saw a real possibility,
חשב, או ראה אפשרות אמיתית,
was rather on the cautious side,
some kind of link
very open leadership style
סגנון מנהיגות פתוח מאוד
and safely and contribute.
the data came in,
the most skeptical amongst us.
את הסקפטים ביותר בינינו.
are simply more innovative, period.
נקודה.
is the chicken or the egg question,
שאלת הביצה והתרנגולת,
really more innovative
a more diverse leadership,
is correlation versus causation,
המתאם לעומת סיבתיות,
that are more diverse
that are more innovative
that it works both ways,
and innovation driving diversity.
about the reactions in the media.
Boosts Innovation"
as bad publicity, right?
from senior executives
about gender diversity.
על מגוון במגדר.
those discussions by asking,
in your organization today?"
על המצב הנוכחי באירגון שלכם כיום?״
but we're not that bad."
in our board who is a woman."
in being proud about it,
להיות גאה בזה
on the board who is a woman,
publicly listed companies.
have an all-male board,
largest publicly listed companies
החברות הגדולות הרשומות
important insight.
to have an impact on innovation,
תהיה השפעה על חדשנות,
than 20 percent women in leadership.
the sample into three groups,
המדגם לשלוש קבוצות,
more than 20 percent women in leadership,
in innovation revenue
ברווח מחדשנות
shows that you do need critical mass
JP Morgan or Apple
already achieved that threshold.
for that point of view,
לזוית ההסתכלות הזו,
and look at the numbers,
who are college graduates
of professional experience
in which to fish for female leaders
נשים מנהלות
more or less in parallel, right?
at what happened in reality.
female generation in history,
in significant numbers.
translate into leadership.
and we need to do better.
women in leadership
that are making progress there
company, as an example.
19 percent women in leadership,
in any other area of business
of 25 percent for 2017,
about developing leaders
על פיתוח מנהלים
women in leadership for 2022.
נשים בהנהלה עד 2022.
that are taken every day
שנלקחות מדי יום
to develop and promote.
send the most powerful change signal
to be a diversity advocate.
נציגת גיוון והכללה
to change the face of leadership,
לשנות את פני ההנהגה.
complied with something
is making their organization
הופך את האירגון שלהם
by embracing diverse talent,
על ידי אימוץ כישרון מגוון,
true opportunity for everyone.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rocío Lorenzo - Management consultant, diversity researcherBCG's Rocío Lorenzo advises telecommunication and media companies on their strategy and how to transform their businesses in times of digital disruption.
Why you should listen
Rocío Lorenzo is a Partner and Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group, based in Munich.
For the last fifteen years, Lorenzo has worked extensively in telecommunications and media, advising senior executives across Europe and the US on strategy development, growth programs and large scale transformations. She leads the telecommunications growth topic worldwide. In 2015 Rocío was named one of 25 female business leaders by Handelsblatt, HuffPost and Edition F. She is the author of several studies on diversity, including "The Mix that Matters: Innovation through Diversity," and she leads the Women@BCG Initiative in Munich.
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