But the traditional way of moving up the hierarchy is by adding to productivity. The problem with DEI methods of doing it is that it redistributes opportunity to less qualified candidates, which ultimately lowers productivity, without calculating what might be lost from using that method. It's the affirmative action mismatch theory that Glenn talks about all of the time. Affirmative action can be good if those who are admitted can handle the work. If they can't, what you have done is deprived someone who could handle it of the opportunity which is bad for productivity.
But the traditional way of moving up the hierarchy is by adding to productivity. The problem with DEI methods of doing it is that it redistributes opportunity to less qualified candidates, which ultimately lowers productivity, without calculating what might be lost from using that method. It's the affirmative action mismatch theory that Glenn talks about all of the time. Affirmative action can be good if those who are admitted can handle the work. If they can't, what you have done is deprived someone who could handle it of the opportunity which is bad for productivity.