I found this book to be successful in treading the line between academic and genuinely engaging. Syed makes compelling points about the inherit value of both diversity and structures that encourage all voices to be heard. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who has a leadership role within an organization or creates and manages teams.

I have seen a lot of people comparing this book to "Range" by David Epstein and I would agree that there are many commonalities that lead this book to feel a bit redundant at times. Nonetheless, I did find this book engaging and I appreciated that the focus of this book was more about how the outsider mindset was valuable to groups and not just valuable within the individual.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced audio copy.

I'm not a reader of management books as on the whole I find them boring, uninspiring and frankly full of BS. I wouldn't therfore normally have picked this up. The only reason for me doing so was the recommendation of a medical colleague who was extolling its virtues on Twitter recently. My interest was therefore piqued enough for me to pick it up and give it a go. And am I glad I did because it was absolutely brilliant, confiming for me many of the things I've instinctively known but never had the ability to articulate.

One of my favorite books this year

A wonderful novel detailing the concept of cognitive diversity and the case for it across the increasingly complex problems we navigate as one or a group. Notably, it defines the difference of cultural diversity and makes a case for when both are further relevant to close invisible gaps in our problem solving. I would highly recommend this book; especially notable for those working in teams on a regular basis, or those tasked with complex, multi-faceted problems.