Diversity: Fueling the next Generation of Innovative Solutions

Lyman Montgomery Success Network (2011)1

Diversity: Fueling the Next Diversity: Fueling the Next Generation of Innovative SolutionsGeneration of Innovative Solutions

Booz| Allen| HamiltonDayton Marriot HotelNovember 11, 2011

“Change Takes Courage”


Thank you for your ServiceThank you for your ServiceUS Armed ForcesUS Armed Forces


Who is Lyman Montgomery & Who Cares?Who is Lyman Montgomery & Who Cares?

President, Lyman Montgomery Success Network

HR and Diversity professional with over twenty years of experience

Published author of destined bestseller book, Shattered Masks: 7 Masks We Wear

Child Sexual Rape Survivor


Targeted OutcomesTargeted OutcomesUnderstand historic and present views of diversity,

inclusion and multiculturalism;Identify leading causes of innovation stagnation

and diversity aversion;Examine several diverse contributors to innovation

and science;Discover the relationship between diversity,

strategic marketing, and technological outcomes in a global context;

Develop a working model to support and promote five (5) areas of diversity


Why Diversity Matters? Why Diversity Matters? “Necessity is the Mother of Innovation”

“…Cultural diversity is as necessary for humankind as biodiversity is for nature…”

By 2100, 90% of world languages will be extinct.

Race

Culture

Age

Thought

Ethnicity

faith

Disabled

GenderSexualorientation


Diversity VocabularyDiversity Vocabulary

Culture - defined as a common system of values, behaviors, beliefs and relationships that create a sense of community among individuals. Culture is complex and dynamic, and can change over time.

Diversity- is defined as differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and other human differences.

Ethnicity- refers to groups defined by shared historical, religious, or cultural experiences that are independent of race.


Diversity VocabularyDiversity Vocabulary

Inclusiveness- exists when disadvantaged communities and designated group members share power and decision-making at all levels in projects, programs, organizations and Institutions.

Multiculturalism- acknowledges and promotes the acceptance and understanding of different cultures living together within a community and working more harmoniously.

Race - refers to a socially defined group, which sees itself and / or is seen by others as being different from other groups in its common descent or external features, such as skin color, hair texture, or facial characteristics.


Historic Views of DiversityHistoric Views of Diversity


Historic Views of InclusionHistoric Views of Inclusion


Historic Views of MulticulturalismHistoric Views of Multiculturalism


Leading Causes of Innovative StagnationLeading Causes of Innovative Stagnation


Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Amar Bose



Benjamin Bradley Steam powered Warship



Dr. Charles DrewDr. Ellen Ochoa





Dr. James West



Granville T. Woods



Narinder S. Kapany



Ernest Blanco



Louis Walter Alvarez



Chien-Shiung Wu



Alexander Bell


Relationship between Diversity & Relationship between Diversity & Strategic MarketingStrategic Marketing


Creating a Working Model to Support Creating a Working Model to Support Five Areas of DiversityFive Areas of Diversity


Q& AQ& A

Education

Diversity: Fueling the next Generation of Innovative Solutions