'Diversity and unity: A dynamic dance towards team coherence' with Dr Gemma Jiang.

Coherence is harder as teams get larger. What are the key dynamics towards team coherence? Diversity is one of the hottest words in the United States right now. Yet it feels like the more we talk about it, the farther we are slipping away from it. Is diversity the central idea? Or is it the final destination? Does it stand alone? Or is there a complementary force we could leverage? How does the Taoist Yin/Yang philosophy come into the picture?
 
During this Dialogic Drink session, we will explore:

1. Stories of diversity in organizations: when it works and when it does not
2. The double safety net for diversity: the critical missing ingredients for team coherence
3. Principles of multidimensionality: how seemingly opposing tendencies can form complementary relationships in complex adaptive systems
4. An Yin/Yang inverse thinking framework: how might we leverage complementary relationships to effect change

Dr Gemma Jiang's biography

Dr. Gemma Jiang specializes in providing comprehensive leadership support for large complex science teams funded by the National Science Foundation in the United States. Her primary roles with these teams include: 1) Identifying and amplifying assets within the team; 2) serving as buffer and connective tissue for disparate parts of the team; 3) leading cultural change towards collaboration and co-creation; 4) holding shared vision for scientific research that includes societal impact; 5) generating new knowledge by integrating theory with practice.

Through her position as the senior team scientist with Colorado State University, she serves as the chief team scientist of two National Science Foundation funded, multi-year, multi-institute, $15M budgeted projects. She also nurtures a thriving private consulting practice to help smaller science teams with their team leadership needs.

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