Rocío Lorenzo: How diversity makes teams more innovative
Rocío Lorenzo: Hur mångfald gör team mer innovativa
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.
var något jag behövde oroa mig för.
generation had to fight for.
we were 50-50, male-female,
var vi hälften kvinnor respektive män
naturally over time, right?
working as a management consultant
som managementkonsult
I was the only woman in the room
var den enda kvinnan i rummet
out of political correctness,
för att vara politisk korrekta,
den rätta saken att göra,
their most immediate, pressing goals:
deras mest omedelbara, pressande mål:
delivering the new product,
leverera den nya produkten,
working with diverse teams
att arbeta med mer blandade team
a little bit more effort at the beginning,
mer ansträngning i början,
more creative ideas.
mer kreativa idéer.
really more innovative,
verkligen mer innovativa,
than something to comply with?
snarare än något man måste följa?
with the Technical University of Munich.
med Münchens tekniska universitet.
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
i Tyskland, Österrike och Schweiz,
around the world.
basically two things:
and how diverse they are.
och om deras mångfald.
of revenues they've made
av intäkterna de gjort
in the last three years,
under de senaste tre åren,
how many creative ideas they have,
translate into products and services
har lett till produkter och tjänster
more successful today and tomorrow.
mer framgångsrikt idag och imorgon.
we looked at six different factors:
sex olika faktorer:
age and gender, amongst others.
with those questions,
we would expect as a result.
vi kunde förvänta oss.
thought, or saw a real possibility,
i teamet trodde inte
kände sig försiktigt optimistiska,
was rather on the cautious side,
some kind of link
very open leadership style
har en öppen ledarstil
and safely and contribute.
att tala fritt, öppet och bidra.
the data came in,
the most skeptical amongst us.
även den mest skeptiska bland oss.
are simply more innovative, period.
helt enkelt var mer innovativa.
is the chicken or the egg question,
om kycklingen och ägget;
really more innovative
a more diverse leadership,
is correlation versus causation,
kontra orsakssamband,
that are more diverse
som har större mångfald
that are more innovative
that it works both ways,
att det fungerar åt båda håll,
and innovation driving diversity.
och innovation ökar mångfald.
about the reactions in the media.
Boosts Innovation"
"Högre andel kvinnor ökar innovation",
as bad publicity, right?
from senior executives
about gender diversity.
om könsfördelningen.
those discussions by asking,
in your organization today?"
i din organisation idag?"
but we're not that bad."
men vi är inte så dåliga".
in our board who is a woman."
in being proud about it,
on the board who is a woman,
en utvald skara som utgör 30
publicly listed companies.
have an all-male board,
har endast män i ledningsgruppen,
largest publicly listed companies
största börsnoterade företagen
important insight.
to have an impact on innovation,
ska påverka innovation
than 20 percent women in leadership.
the sample into three groups,
more than 20 percent women in leadership,
mer än 20 procent kvinnor i ledningen,
in innovation revenue
i innovationsintäkter
shows that you do need critical mass
att man behöver nå en viss nivå
JP Morgan or Apple
JP Morgan och Apple
already achieved that threshold.
for that point of view,
and look at the numbers,
who are college graduates
of professional experience
in which to fish for female leaders
många anställningsbara kvinnor
more or less in parallel, right?
at what happened in reality.
på vad som hände i verkligheten.
female generation in history,
generationen kvinnor i historien,
in significant numbers.
translate into leadership.
i företagens ledning.
and we need to do better.
women in leadership
i företagens ledningsgrupper
resultatet hittills.
that are making progress there
och gör det framgångsrikt.
company, as an example.
19 percent women in leadership,
men de ville bli bättre,
in any other area of business
oavsett verksamhetsområde
of 25 percent for 2017,
about developing leaders
i att utveckla ledare
women in leadership for 2022.
that are taken every day
to develop and promote.
och främjar vi.
utbildning för kvinnor.
som sänder ut
send the most powerful change signal
om förändring i alla organisationer.
to be a diversity advocate.
någon förespråkare för mångfald.
to change the face of leadership,
att förändra synen på ledarskap
ska bocka av något
complied with something
har uppfyllt en förväntan
is making their organization
by embracing diverse talent,
omfatta olika talanger,
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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