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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”

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Historic Views of DiversityHistoric Views of Diversity

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Historic Views of InclusionHistoric Views of Inclusion

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Historic Views of MulticulturalismHistoric Views of Multiculturalism

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Leading Causes of Innovative StagnationLeading Causes of Innovative Stagnation

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Amar Bose

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Benjamin Bradley Steam powered Warship

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Dr. Charles DrewDr. Ellen Ochoa

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Dr. James West

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Granville T. Woods

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Narinder S. Kapany

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Ernest Blanco

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Louis Walter Alvarez

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Chien-Shiung Wu

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Contributors to Innovation & ScienceContributors to Innovation & Science

Alexander Bell

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Relationship between Diversity & Relationship between Diversity & Strategic MarketingStrategic Marketing

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

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