Comment on Diversity….brilliant minds working together…. by jschlittepi

This diversity of group intelligence seems one of the easiest, non-altruism requiring ways of promoting inclusivity. 2008 was a horror show of what can happen when you have corporate executive boards populated with largely the same person (older caucasian males born into wealth). Beyond just increasing the intelligence of a group by diversifying it’s members, stability against awful decisions is likewise enhanced by the addition of potential naysayers.

Comment on Finding your voice in teaching: Discovering your vocabulary by jschlittepi

Hi Patrick, thanks for posting! That question of death is an interesting way to put it, I can’t imagine anyone does their best work on the first time through a course. Perhaps rather than coming off as the old-hand expert, maybe an approach of “that’s an interesting question, let’s figure it out together” would suffice?