{"id":7810,"date":"2019-04-06T05:51:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T05:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=7810"},"modified":"2019-04-06T05:51:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T05:51:38","slug":"the-stormtrooper-problem-why-thought-diversity-makes-us-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/06\/the-stormtrooper-problem-why-thought-diversity-makes-us-better\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stormtrooper Problem: Why Thought Diversity Makes Us Better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Stormtrooper Problem<\/h2>\n

Intelligence agencies face a unique set of problems that require creative, un-googleable solutions to one-off problems.
\nYou\u2019d naturally think they would value and seek out diversity in order to solve those problems. And you\u2019d be wrong. Increasingly it\u2019s harder and harder to get a security clearance.
\nDo you have a lot of debt? That might make you susceptible to blackmail. Divorced? You might be an emotional wreck, which could mean you\u2019ll make emotional decisions and not rational ones. Do something as a youth that you don\u2019t want anyone to know? That makes it harder to trust you. Gay but haven\u2019t told anyone? Blackmail risk. Independently wealthy? That means you don\u2019t need our paycheck, which means you might be harder to work with. Do you have a nuanced opinion of politics? What about Edward Snowden? Yikes. The list goes on.
\nAs the process gets harder and harder (trying to reduce risk), there is less and less diversity in the door. The people that make it through the door are Stormtroopers.
\nAnd if you\u2019re one of the lucky Stormtrooopers to make it in, you\u2019re given a checklist career development path. If you want a promotion, you know the exact experience and training you need to receive one. It\u2019s simple. It doesn\u2019t require much thought on your part.
\nThe combination of these two things means that employees increasingly look at\u2014and attempt to solve\u2014problems the same way. The workforce is less effective than it used to be. This means you have to hire more people to do the same thing or outsource more work to people that hire misfits. This is the Stormtrooper problem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Stormtrooper Problem Intelligence agencies face a unique set of problems that require creative, un-googleable solutions to one-off problems. You\u2019d naturally think they would value and seek out diversity in order to solve those problems. And you\u2019d be wrong. Increasingly it\u2019s harder and harder to get a security clearance. Do you have a lot of … <\/p>\n

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