# kaal:claim:3071378-023

**Claim.** A corporation that lacks diversity and allows group thinking will struggle to identify issues because it needs a fresh perspective, which harms the corporation long term by reducing its ability to identify its own strengths and weaknesses.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- boards and corporations without diverse membership

**Source quote.**

> Similarly, if a corporation lacks diversity and allows group thinking, the board will likely struggle to identify issues because the corporation needs a fresh perspective.77 This can harm the corporation in the long term as it is less able to identify strengths and weaknesses.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America* (2017), III.2 Corporate Culture, page 18

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071378

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**Failure mode.** groupthink-from-homogeneity  (family: board-and-oversight-failure)

**Topics.** corporate-governance

**Keywords.** groupthink, board-diversity, corporate-performance, blind-spots

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