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Re:Ubisoft CCO Serge Hascoet resigns in wake of sweeping all... by kthejoker2 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:18AM (#23811994)
Diversity is variation among traits. It's easy to calculate for a given group, and also easy to devise a statistical test to ensure the group represents your desired distribution.

The only questions (to your point) are what traits you want to measure, and what distribution you desire.

For a product or service team, the traits you measure should be those that maximize product fit - that is, the chances that your target buyers will buy and enjoy your product.

And the distribution you desire should be a reflection of your target buyers.

Re:Ubisoft CCO Serge Hascoet resigns in wake of sweeping all... by dwaltrip on Sunday July 12, 2020 @12:24PM (#23812468)
> For a product or service team, the traits you measure should be those that maximize product fit - that is, the chances that your target buyers will buy and enjoy your product.

This is overly reductionist. It makes me sad. Life is more than inputs in, product out, dollars in.

Humanity is also quite far from having the sophistication to properly design and construct the type of measurements you are talking about. If it is something we should even do in the first place.

The article I read right before coming to this comment page was the one currently on the front page about being “too efficient”. Very apt.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23809291

Re:Ubisoft CCO Serge Hascoet resigns in wake of sweeping all... by objclxt on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:08PM (#23812866)
> And the distribution you desire should be a reflection of your target buyers.

You seem to be saying your team should only be as diverse as your target buyers, but your target buyers are often only as diverse as your team.

If you try to ham-fist diversity by saying “oh, it’s representative of our customers” be prepared for somebody else to come along and snap up everyone you aren’t serving today.