In an article published in The Spectator, London Business School Professor Alex Edmans considers whether the truism that "diversity is good for business" is actually true at all.
"It is a sacred mantra of the business circuit that diverse boards improve company performance," he writes. “But does the evidence really show that diversity is the key to business success, or is this a case of confirmation bias — accepting a claim uncritically just because we want it to be true? When you take off your blinkers and look at the evidence with a clear head, you can see the glaring errors in these widely touted diversity studies.”
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