There are 450 million people affected by mental health around the world, and 1 out of 4 people will experience it at some point in their life. A common place for mental health is unfortunately the workplace. In order to improve the wellbeing of people and organisations, we must understand the extent of the problem we are facing first.

We live in the information age. Information is vast, everywhere and is constantly being created, copied, re-invented and altered. No wonder that one person alone cannot hold all the knowledge and skills required for a job. 20 years ago a study concluded that people held about 15-20% of the information and skills required for a job internally and resourced the rest from outside.

Diversity tends to be a misused buzzword and yet it seems to be the magic sauce for high performing teams. In this article, I explore the importance of embracing diversity and growing the team’s performance for a stronger company.