Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Importance of diversity in parliament

I’m continuing my discussion on the lack of diversity in parliament (e.g. too many lawyers). For French carmaker Renault, diversity means increased creativity, imagination and performance. "Whenever we have a problem we cannot solve, we put together a cross-functional team and I am always amazed at the solutions they come up with," says Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Renault and Nissan. Ghosn says that there is no limit to the amount of diversity he would accept because diversity is not only right; it is a powerful source of performance.

How can parliament represent, know and understand the population when they are not as diverse as the population? We need more engineers in Parliament.