Leveraging a team’s diverse perspectives can be a powerful way to foster team innovation. A common approach to leverage team differences involves tool-based approaches, including brainstorming, mind-mapping, and whiteboarding. However, the effective use of ideational tools as a means to innovation often assumes high levels of team cohesion and productivity—dynamics that may not be safe to assume, especially in teams with high levels of diversity. This study investigates how workplace teams at a Biotech company use discourse to innovate, and in doing so, instantiate a larger rhetorical practice known as difference-driven inquiry.

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创新团队：工作场所差异驱动的调查语言

利用团队的不同观点可以成为促进团队创新的有效方式。利用团队差异的常用方法涉及基于工具的方法，包括头脑风暴、思维导图和白板。然而，有效使用创意工具作为创新手段通常需要高水平的团队凝聚力和生产力——假设这种动态可能不安全，尤其是在高度多元化的团队中。本研究调查了一家生物技术公司的工作团队如何使用话语进行创新，并在此过程中实例化了一种更大的修辞实践，称为差异驱动调查。