Sol Campbell Quotes

Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do.

I think people with varying experiences need to be creating.

I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant.

I love to work with performers that are very different to me.

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate.

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

You have to have more people who don't look like you in the writers room. I try to have some people who don't look like me in my writers room. I think it's important to have a group of voices, of people who can dissent.

Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.

We know from our business with clients around the world that when companies bring together people of different genders, races, cultures, and perspectives, we are smarter, more creative, more innovative, and more relevant.

I'm a big believer that inclusiveness is helpful because everyone brings a different perspective.

Your movie becomes much more narrow-minded when you have like-minded department heads. Whereas if you can surround yourself with people who have been a mother before, been a grandmother before, you get a much broader and wide-reaching swath of human emotions.

Being surrounded by diverse points of view pushes us beyond our comfort zones. And when people and teams bring multiple perspectives and experiences to the table, the discussions are deeper, the decision-making process is better, and the solutions are stronger.

I'm a big fan of having a team with different thoughts and backgrounds and experiences; that makes for a better enterprise and better decision-making.

If you aren't committed to diversity of thought, you have no business launching a startup.

Diversity is not a politically correct idea. Diversity in a boardroom or in a Parliament means that you just have different minds, different life experience, different ways of thinking about patients or customers or voters so that when you bring that intellect, you look at opportunity and risk, and then you have it in much better balance.

You need to mesh the voices of people with expertise and meritocracy.

And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.

It's just so cool when you meet people who are different than you are. That can give you a different perspective, a viewpoint on life, or inspire you. I mean, what would the world be like if we were all the same? I think it would be very boring.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

If you are not diverse, you are saying, 'I don't want to be successful.'

The best companies will build culturally diverse leadership teams and workforces with divergent backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas.

If you are not diverse and you are not listening to all voices and have your ear to the ground, you're not going to make the best decisions.

I think the most diverse group will produce the best product; I firmly believe that.