Rocío Lorenzo: How diversity makes teams more innovative
Rosijo Lorenco (Rocio Lorenzo): Želite inovativnije kompanije? Zapošljavajte više žena
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.
nije nešto o čemu bih morala brinuti.
generation had to fight for.
da se bore neke starije generacije.
we were 50-50, male-female,
bilo nas je 50-50 muškaraca i žena,
naturally over time, right?
samo po sebi, zar ne?
working as a management consultant
radeći kao menadžer konsultant
I was the only woman in the room
koliko sam često bila jedina žena u sobi
out of political correctness,
što upotpunjuje političku korektnost
pravu stvar koju treba uraditi,
nisu imali razlog da veruju
their most immediate, pressing goals:
da dostignu svoje najbitnije ciljeve -
delivering the new product,
working with diverse teams
rad sa raznovrsnim timovima
a little bit more effort at the beginning,
more creative ideas.
really more innovative,
raznovrsne organizacije inovativnije
than something to comply with?
konkurentska prednost?
with the Technical University of Munich.
sa Tehničkim univerzitetom u Minhenu.
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
u Nemačkoj, Austriji i Švajcarskoj
around the world.
basically two things:
te kompanije dve stvari:
and how diverse they are.
i koliko su raznovrsni.
of revenues they've made
je deo prihoda koji su ostvarili
u poslednje tri godine,
in the last three years,
how many creative ideas they have,
koliko su kreativnih ideja imali
translate into products and services
u proizvode ili usluge
more successful today and tomorrow.
bude uspešnija danas i ubuduće.
we looked at six different factors:
posmatrali smo šest različitih faktora:
age and gender, amongst others.
i pol, između ostalog.
with those questions,
na teren sa tim pitanjima,
we would expect as a result.
šta možemo da očekujemo kao rezultat.
thought, or saw a real possibility,
ili predvidela realnu mogućnost
was rather on the cautious side,
svi zajedno sa „samo ako“,
some kind of link
kriterijumi ispune,
very open leadership style
vrlo otvoren stil liderstva
and safely and contribute.
da slobodno i sigurno govore i doprinose.
the data came in,
the most skeptical amongst us.
čak i najskeptičnije među nama.
are simply more innovative, period.
jednostavno inovativnije i tačka.
is the chicken or the egg question,
je šta je starije, kokoška ili jaje,
really more innovative
stvarno inovativnije
a more diverse leadership,
is correlation versus causation,
korelacija i uzročnosti,
that are more diverse
koje su raznovrsnije su inovativnije,
that are more innovative
that it works both ways,
da to radi u oba smera -
and innovation driving diversity.
i inovativnost podstiče raznovrsnost.
about the reactions in the media.
Boosts Innovation"
koštaju trilione“
as bad publicity, right?
loš publicitet, zar ne?
from senior executives
od viših rukovodilaca
about gender diversity.
o polnoj raznovrsnosti.
those discussions by asking,
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."
koja je član našeg odbora.“
in being proud about it,
ali on je s pravom bio ponosan na to,
on the board who is a woman,
publicly listed companies.
javno upisanih kompanija.
have an all-male board,
imaju samo muškarce u odboru,
largest publicly listed companies
important insight.
to have an impact on innovation,
polne raznovrsnosti na inovativnost,
than 20 percent women in leadership.
od 20% žena u rukovodstvu.
the sample into three groups,
podelili smo uzorke u tri grupe
more than 20 percent women in leadership,
preko 20% žena u rukovodstvu
in innovation revenue
shows that you do need critical mass
da vam treba kritična masa
JP Morgan or Apple
JP Morgan ili Epl
already achieved that threshold.
sa kojom sam se često susretala je:
for that point of view,
and look at the numbers,
pogledajte brojke,
who are college graduates
of professional experience
profesionalnog iskustva
u poslednjih 20 godina,
in which to fish for female leaders
more or less in parallel, right?
paralelno sa tim, zar ne?
at what happened in reality.
desilo u stvarnosti.
female generation in history,
in significant numbers.
u značajnoj meri.
translate into leadership.
nije pretvorilo u liderstvo.
and we need to do better.
i moramo biti bolje.
women in leadership
that are making progress there
koje napreduju u tom pogledu
company, as an example.
softversku kompaniju.
19 percent women in leadership,
imali 19% žena u rukovodstvu.
u bilo kojoj drugoj oblasti poslovanja
in any other area of business
of 25 percent for 2017,
25% za 2017. godinu,
about developing leaders
razmišljaju o razvoju liderstva
mogućnosti regrutovanja.
women in leadership for 2022.
od 30% žena rukovodilaca do 2022. godine.
that are taken every day
koje mnogi od nas
to develop and promote.
i koga da nadogradimo i unapredimo.
send the most powerful change signal
najmoćniji signal za promenu
to be a diversity advocate.
advokat specijalizovan za raznovrsnost;
to change the face of leadership,
da promenim lice liderstva,
da štikliraju kvadratić
complied with something
kao da su se sa nečim složili
is making their organization
čini njihovu organizaciju
by embracing diverse talent,
i različitih sklonosti
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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