I am currently studying for my Bachelors degree in Finance. In the course of my studies, particularly a leadership and professionalism course, a question was asked on a pre-assessment regarding what cultural diversity did to a workplace. The answer, of course, was not that it produced a richer cultural environment; rather that it increased productivity because different cultures have different ways of approaching and solving problems.
In fact, a recent study corroborates this information. The study shows that culture dictates the wiring of the brain, so to speak:
“Neuroscientists Trey Hedden and John Gabrieli of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research asked Americans and East Asians to solve basic shape puzzles while in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner.”
It’s a fascinating study; and, in fact: "There's a hint that six months in a culture already changes you," he said, referring to psychological, rather than neurological, research. "It suggests that there's a lot of flexibility."
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