cognitive diversity

Investor Profile

Spain’s Pensions Caixa 30: A complex world requires systems leadership

Yolanda Blanch, chair of Spain’s largest corporate pension fund Pensions Caixa 30, explains the importance of fostering an atmosphere of collaboration, communication and trust in pension fund management.

Sarah RundellMay 7, 2025

Organisational Design

Prime time for investment super teams

Now is the prime time for investment leaders to invest in their teams, but what does it take to build a super team? Roger Urwin explores the skills, processes, dynamics and innovations needed for an investment super team.

Roger UrwinMarch 30, 2021

Organisational Design

Creating safe zones for team decisions

Making your team a psychological safe zone for disagreement and diverse opinions is a step in the right direction to making better team decisions. So what does a psychological safe zone look like?

Liang YinApril 24, 2019

Governance

The collective brain

The Future Fund knows exactly where its leadership team’s cognitive strengths, and weaknesses, lie. Does your fund?

Amanda WhiteMarch 18, 2016

Uncategorised posts

A long way to go

It’s all very well to have diversity, but most people lack the tools for how to get the best out of a diverse team. Instead the reverse is true and diversity can lead to an unlevel playing field.

Amanda WhiteMarch 18, 2016

Uncategorised posts

Too much of a good thing

Experts at the Thinking Ahead Institute outline the pitfalls of implementing team diversity, , when too much diversity fails us, and how organisations can be champions for change.

Amanda WhiteMarch 18, 2016