It is well documented that having a diverse workforce can have many positive outcomes on a companys bottom line. Once such outcome is that diversity fosters a more creative and innovative workforce. Bringing together workers with different qualifications, backgrounds, and experiences are all key to effective problem-solving on the job. Similarly, diversity breeds creativity and innovation.

You are a new manager at Celestine Inc. The goals of your company are to design and build structures that use energy, resources, and materials efficiently; protecting the health of occupants and improve the productivity of employees; and reduce waste, pollution, and environmental degradation.

You manage a diverse team, but you notice that the creativity and innovation from your team is extremely low. For some reason your team doesnt communicate well with each other. As you ponder what to do to resolve this issue your boss walks in and tells you that you have just been assigned a major project! During the first meeting one person dominates the discussion. Everyone else is either silent or preoccupied with their cell phone. Your boss learns about the ineffective meeting and asks for you to remedy the situation.

In a 3-page paper please identify factors which contribute to low creativity in work groups and reasons that the team may not be communicating. Discuss the techniques that you will use to bolster ingenuity and increase the lines of communication.