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There are 4 modules in this course
"Cognitive and Experiential Diversity" is the second course in the specialization titled "The Journey to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging."
This course takes a novel approach to understanding diversity by exploring the nature of cognitive and experiential diversity. Understanding these "invisible" forms of diversity is essential for an organization to thrive, and fostering this diversity among members of an organization will drive innovation and disruption.
Join us on this course to expand and challenge your understanding of diversity.
Welcome to this course on cognitive and experiential diversity. In this module, we will introduce these two types of “invisible” diversity and discuss the need for organizations to nurture a diverse team in order to tackle challenges related to innovation and uncertainty.
What's included
12 videos5 readings1 peer review
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12 videos•Total 67 minutes
Welcome to the Journey of Diversity•6 minutes
Introduction: New Waves of Diversity•4 minutes
New Diversities and How We Think About The Future•9 minutes
New Diversities and How We Build The Future•6 minutes
The Emerging Cognitive Map of the Organization•7 minutes
Cognitive Map: A Matter of Nurture or a Matter of Nature?•6 minutes
The Multi-Horizon Approach•8 minutes
Horizon 1: Improving the Existing Model•4 minutes
Horizon 2: Extending and Expanding the Existing Model•5 minutes
Horizon 3: Dealing with New Models•4 minutes
Reality Proof: Dealing with a Gray Rhino•6 minutes
Conclusion: Only Complexity Can Deal with Complexity•4 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
Get to Know the Academic Director•10 minutes
Grading Policy•10 minutes
Optional Activity: Drawing Your Organization on a Cognitive Map•10 minutes
Drones and Robots: What Happens When You Play With New Technologies•10 minutes
Complementary Readings•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 20 minutes
Graded Assignment: Dealing with a Gray Rhino•20 minutes
Experiential Diversity
Module 2•2 hours to complete
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In this module, we will explore experiential diversity as the first tool to deal with the challenges of the future. We will define the sources of experiential diversity: education, industry, and organization. We will also propose a framework that captures a diverse combination of these three factors.
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10 videos3 readings1 peer review
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10 videos•Total 58 minutes
Introduction: Experiential Diversity•3 minutes
The Expert Dilemma•6 minutes
How Expertise is Built •6 minutes
Education-Based Expertise•8 minutes
Industry-Based Expertise•8 minutes
Organization-Based Expertise•7 minutes
Experiential Diversity and Teams•6 minutes
Cross-Fertilization and Experiential Diversity•8 minutes
Organizational Empathy and Experiential Diversity•4 minutes
The Art of Orchestration•4 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
Optional activity: your education mindset•10 minutes
Optional Activity: Your Industry Jargon•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 45 minutes
Graded Assignment: Smart Cities Team Building•45 minutes
Foundations of Cognitive Diversity
Module 3•1 hour to complete
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In this module, we will look at the second component of diversity that will help us tackle the unique challenges of the future: cognitive diversity. We will explore how cognitive diversity can be mapped individually and collectively; we will also discuss how individuals with different cognitive profiles can add value to an organization in various ways.
What's included
11 videos3 readings
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11 videos•Total 56 minutes
Introduction: Cognitive Diversity•3 minutes
Mental Models in a Nutshell•5 minutes
The Dark Side of Mental Models•5 minutes
Cognitive Diversity Foundations: The Information-Processing Spproach•6 minutes
Cognitive Diversity and Knowledge Consolidation•5 minutes
Cognitive Diversity and Knowledge Generation•6 minutes
Cognitive Diversity and the Deployment of Experience•4 minutes
Cognitive Diversity and the Orchestration of Ideas•6 minutes
The Hidden Cost of Authority•5 minutes
The Hidden Cost of Consensus•6 minutes
The Well-Balanced Organization•4 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
How to Become Your Version of Roger Bannister?•10 minutes
Optional Activity: The Perfect Presentation•10 minutes
An uncomfortable question•10 minutes
Cognitive Diversity in Practice
Module 4•3 hours to complete
Module details
In this final module, we will put into practice the models we learned about in the past module. By applying these models in an organizational context, we will reflect on how to build ideal cognitive profiles to meet the needs of distinct areas within an organization.
IE Business School is an internationally recognized business school where the leaders of tomorrow shape their ideas and learn to become global citizens. For over 40 years, IE Business School has promoted innovation and change in organizations, equipping managers with an entrepreneurial mindset that generates employment, wealth, and social well-being.
Regularly featured among the top business schools in the world, IE Business School has an urban campus in Madrid and a faculty of more than 400 professors who teach students from approximately 90 countries in its undergraduate and master programs. IE uses innovative online, face-to-face, and blended learning formats, including the IE Communities Platform where knowledge and experiences are exchanged with over 50,000 IE graduates that currently hold management positions in more than 100 countries worldwide.
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