My two cents
The futuristic board ...
This is an interesting read, and I happily acknowledge the female koombayah — however, I think the point would have been better made (and better taken) had it been about overall diversity versus women alone. The stat the article notes about better performing teams resulting from a higher proportion of women is loosely correlated at best — adding any group if non-55-or-older-white-men could have led to the same results.
Silicon Valley boards need diversity. Period. Whether ths in the firm of brown, yellow, or green people, or in the form of younger women and men, they need it. It will be better reflective of their primary user base, the sources of future spending potential, and the trend setters they need thei eye on. Market results will easily follow …
My running perspective on anything and everything going on in the news today -- I don't purport to be the best informed person in the world, but am curious to see if people have the same questions I do when they read the morning news. General interest areas are anything media, marketing, technology, or business related.
~ Naseem, NYC
