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title: Your Brain at Work LIVE | Why Diverse Teams are Smarter but Don't Feel That Way
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# Your Brain at Work LIVE | Why Diverse Teams are Smarter but Don't Feel That Way

If we can accept that a variety of life best suits the sustainability of a natural ecosystem, then why is it so hard to understand that diversity improves business performance? It can’t be from a lack of evidence:

- An analysis of 506 companies found that firms with more racial or gender diversity had more sales revenue, more customers, and greater profits.  
- 20,000 firms found that companies with more female executives were more profitable.

And those are just a few examples.

It’s clear that diverse teams are smarter and more innovative, but there are a few stubborn cognitive shortcomings that get in the way of progress. This is where we’ll focus our next session of Your Brain at Work LIVE.

Join us as **Dr. David Rock**, **Dr. Valerie Purdie-Greenaway,** and **Dr. Paulette Gerkovich** dig into the science and research that clarify what’s at play, bridging the gap between theory and reality. 

**Webinar**

Friday  
February 26th  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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**Presented By**

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**Dr. David Rock**  
Co-founder and CEO, NLI

[LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-david-rock/)

![Valerie-Purdie-Greenaway-1](https://hub.neuroleadership.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blast%20Images/2019%20Summit%20Headshots%20for%20blasts/Valerie-Purdie-Greenaway-1.png?width=500&name=Valerie-Purdie-Greenaway-1.png "Valerie-Purdie-Greenaway-1")

**Valerie Purdie-Greenaway  
**Professor in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University 

[LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-purdie-greenaway/)

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**Dr. Paulette Gerkovich**  
Consultant, NLI

[LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulettergerkovich/)

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