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Importance of Cognitive Diversity in Business
TLDR Sallie Krawcheck founded Ellevest after facing discrimination on Wall Street, emphasizing the importance of cognitive diversity. She prioritized integrity over profits, leading to her advocating against unethical practices and shaping her career towards entrepreneurship.
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Diversity of all kinds in a group leads to creative solutions and new opportunities, while lack of diversity can result in collective blind spots.
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Sallie Krawcheck founded Ellevest after facing discrimination and a toxic culture on Wall Street, emphasizing the importance of cognitive diversity in business.
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Sallie Krawcheck faced personal betrayal and professional challenges on Wall Street, including being one of the first to warn about the dangers of subprime loans, ultimately leading her to prioritize integrity over profits by removing her firm from investment banking.
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Sallie Krawcheck's integrity and willingness to take risks in speaking up against unethical practices in the financial industry led to her being fired for advocating to return client money, ultimately shaping her career trajectory towards entrepreneurship.
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Aparna Parnas embraced a beginner's mindset in her new position, asking key questions and being comfortable with not having all the answers.
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Sally Krawcheck realized the need for a fundamentally different investment product aimed at women, leading her to create the L of S client persona and prioritize cognitive diversity in her company.
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Sally Krawcheck prioritized building a diverse network from the ground up to avoid biases and ensure cognitive diversity in her company.
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Sallie Krawcheck emphasizes the importance of maintaining high levels of diversity in her company to unlock opportunities and combat biases that can affect customers.
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Sallie Krawcheck highlights the importance of addressing gender biases in the workplace and the need for both men and women to actively combat these stereotypes together.
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Making women more financially powerful not only benefits them personally by providing freedom and stability, but also has a positive ripple effect on the economy, communities, families, and nonprofits, showcasing the importance of supporting women's financial empowerment.
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