All core values
People
Diversity of thought
Actively seeking out perspectives that disagree with the room, because agreement is a warning sign, not a milestone.
Behaviors
- Invites the dissenting voice before finalizing a decision
- Builds teams with different backgrounds and default assumptions
- Treats "we all agree" as a prompt to look harder
Anti-patterns
- Hiring for culture "fit" instead of culture "add"
- Groupthink mistaken for alignment
- Token inclusion without real influence
Reinforce it with
- Structured devil's-advocate roles in key decisions
- Diverse hiring panels
- Tracking whose ideas actually get adopted
Diversity of thought is what keeps a confident team from being a wrong one.