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June 17, 2008
Scott E. Page, ’85
The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies, Princeton University Press, 2007.
The book: Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? And why are the best group decisions those that draw upon the qualities that make each of us unique? The answers lie in diversity. This book moves beyond politics and shows how groups that display a range of perspectives outperform groups of like-minded experts. Diversity yields superior outcomes, as the author shows using his own research and surprising examples, from the redesign of the Chicago "El" to the truth about where we store our ketchup.
The author: Scott E. Page is professor of complex systems, political science and economics at U-M and an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the coauthor, with John Miller, of “Complex Adaptive Systems.”
Web site: press.princeton.edu/titles/8353.html
Posted by lingjiex at June 17, 2008 01:28 PM