In reply to anonymous.

To: anonymous.

I'm always sad that comments are sent in anonymously, so hope you'll let me know who you are someday. :)

From my experience, diversity on teams doesn't seem to occur naturally. I wish it did but the data shows it doesn't, and I can say that because it wasn't happening until we paid attention to it methodically. We didn't create quotas, we just started taking steps (women in the candidate pools, looking at our top talent overall, building communities for women, working with EWF, looking to schools that graduated higher rates in diversity, etc).

So I agree, hiring the best person for the job is part of my point - I strongly believe that diversity actually is an aspect for who is the best person, and so being the best candidate, I think, should include who a person is, as well as what a person knows.

Thanks for posting.