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Cognitive diversity: the variation in mental models,

Cognitive diversity: the variation in mental models, heuristics, problem-solving approaches, and knowledge bases across team members, which strengthens collective thinking by ensuring multiple perspectives are applied to problems

Why This Is a Definition

Genus: variation in cognitive approaches across team. Differentia: strengthens collective thinking via multiple perspectives.

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Cognitive diversity strengthens team thinking

Teams composed of people who think differently — who hold different mental models, different heuristics, and different interpretive frameworks — produce better collective outcomes than teams of similar thinkers, but only when psychological safety allows the differences to surface.

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