Rocío Lorenzo: How diversity makes teams more innovative
Rocío Lorenzo: Kako raznolikost čini timove inovativnijima
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.
oko čega moram brinuti.
generation had to fight for.
starija generacija.
we were 50-50, male-female,
omjer muškaraca i žena bio je 50:50
naturally over time, right?
prirodno dogodilo, zar ne?
working as a management consultant
radeći kao konzultantica za menadžment
I was the only woman in the room
jedina žena u prostoriji
out of political correctness,
zbog političke korektnosti,
kao na nešto što je ispravno,
their most immediate, pressing goals:
njihove trenutno najhitnije ciljeve:
delivering the new product,
pokrenuti novi proizvod,
im se mjeri rezultat.
working with diverse teams
s raznolikim timovima govori
a little bit more effort at the beginning,
more creative ideas.
kreativnije ideje.
really more innovative,
zaista i inovativnije
than something to comply with?
od zadovoljavanja forme?
prava kompetitivna prednost?
with the Technical University of Munich.
s Tehničkim sveučilištem u Münchenu.
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
u Njemačkoj, Austriji i Švicarskoj,
around the world.
basically two things:
doslovno dvije stvari:
and how diverse they are.
i koliko su raznoliki.
of revenues they've made
dio je prometa koji su ostvarili
in the last three years,
u zadnje tri godine,
how many creative ideas they have,
koliko kreativnih ideja imaju,
translate into products and services
na proizvode i usluge
more successful today and tomorrow.
danas i za budućnost.
we looked at six different factors:
gledali smo šest čimbenika:
age and gender, amongst others.
dob i spol, među ostalima.
with those questions,
na teren s tim pitanjima,
we would expect as a result.
bismo mogli očekivati.
thought, or saw a real possibility,
vidjela je realnu mogućnost
was rather on the cautious side,
some kind of link
naći neku poveznicu
very open leadership style
and safely and contribute.
i sigurno govore te doprinose timu.
the data came in,
the most skeptical amongst us.
i najveće skeptike među nama.
are simply more innovative, period.
jednostavno i inovativnije.
is the chicken or the egg question,
je li prvo kokoš ili jaje,
really more innovative
zaista inovativnije
a more diverse leadership,
is correlation versus causation,
povezanosti naspram uzroka,
that are more diverse
kompanije koje njeguju raznolikost
that are more innovative
that it works both ways,
da ovo vrijedi u oba smjera,
and innovation driving diversity.
a inovacija raznolikost.
about the reactions in the media.
Boosts Innovation"
as bad publicity, right?
from senior executives
od viših menadžera
about gender diversity.
o raznolikosti na bazi spola.
those discussions by asking,
obično započinjem pitanjem,
in your organization today?"
u vašoj organizaciji danas?"
but we're not that bad."
ali nismo ni tako loši."
in our board who is a woman."
imamo jednog ženskog člana."
in being proud about it,
što se ponosio time,
on the board who is a woman,
publicly listed companies.
javno izlistanih kompanija.
have an all-male board,
ima sve muške članove u odboru,
largest publicly listed companies
javno izlistanih kompanija
na poziciji izvršnog direktora.
important insight.
to have an impact on innovation,
raznolikost imala utjecaja na inovacije,
than 20 percent women in leadership.
na vodećim pozicijama.
the sample into three groups,
uzorak smo podijelili u tri grupe,
more than 20 percent women in leadership,
na vodećim pozicijama,
in innovation revenue
u prihodima od inovacija
shows that you do need critical mass
da trebate kritičnu masu
JP Morgan or Apple
JP Morgana ili Applea
already achieved that threshold.
for that point of view,
and look at the numbers,
who are college graduates
of professional experience
profesionalnog iskustva
in which to fish for female leaders
iz koje se mogu birati žene lideri
more or less in parallel, right?
paralelno narasti, zar ne?
at what happened in reality.
female generation in history,
ženska generacija u povijesti,
in significant numbers.
u značajnijem broju.
translate into leadership.
nije preslikalo na vodeće pozicije.
and we need to do better.
women in leadership
vodećih pozicija kao žene
kao obeshrabrujući zadatak,
obzirom na prijašnje brojke.
that are making progress there
koje u tome ostvaruju napredak
company, as an example.
softversku kompaniju SAP.
19 percent women in leadership,
na vodećim pozicijama,
in any other area of business
u onom dijelu poslovanja
of 25 percent for 2017,
about developing leaders
o razvijanju vodećih pozicija
women in leadership for 2022.
na vodećim pozicijama za 2022.
that are taken every day
koje svakodnevno poduzimaju
to develop and promote.
te kome omogućujemo napredovanje.
send the most powerful change signal
najjaču poruku o promjeni
to be a diversity advocate.
kao zagovaratelj raznolikosti.
to change the face of leadership,
promijeniti lice vodstva,
samo označe polja u upitniku
complied with something
is making their organization
by embracing diverse talent,
i raznolike talente,
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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