Women's Day Special: Leaders on the Power of Diverse Workplaces

By: WE Staff

Mythily Ramesh, Co-Founder, Nextwealth

Mythily Ramesh is a technology and business leader with 30 years’ experience across product management, marketing, quality, and transformation, championing entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation in small towns.

What advantages do companies gain from diverse workforces and leadership teams?

Diverse workforces together with diverse leadership teams create major advantages for companies because those teams combine different perspectives and decision-making methods and complementary abilities. Organizations achieve success through a combination of action-oriented thought processes and cooperative nurturing methods that enable them to make well-considered decisions. The ability of leaders to create teams based on individual strengths through diversity enables team members to reach their full potential. Organizations that establish a workplace atmosphere which values empathy and cooperation and diverse perspectives create an environment that fosters innovation and better problem resolution and supports employee engagement and personal development.

Can you share the mantra or philosophy that keeps you going?

Driven by doing different things  and doing things differently with a strong sense of curiosity. A spiritual seeker at heart, drawn to solving meaningful problems and tackling challenges that truly matter.