Benefits of Diversity

I believe that one of the greatest assets of diversity is that it helps us to understand that there is more than one response for any situation. It is comfortable for us to rely on our experiences or cultural traditions and think that there is not another way to handle a situation. For many of us we get into our comfort zone and don't take the time to look for other options to the situation.

Experiencing diversity helps us to learn about other ways to respond to situations and analyze from another point of view. As we learn to see situations from other points of view we will develop our personal and professional understanding of working with and within other cultures. This will allow us to have a more thorough and respected response to any situation we come up against.