Diversity of Thinking

When everyone uses the same models, the advantage comes from how you use them.

Same inputs. Same prompts. Same outputs. Same ideas.

That's the trap. And most people are already in it.

The Homogeneity Problem

Here's what I'm seeing: as AI adoption spreads, work is becoming more similar. More generic. More... average.

Everyone's blog posts sound alike. Everyone's strategies follow the same patterns. Everyone's creative is converging on the same AI-generated aesthetic.

The models optimize for probable. But probable is just another word for common.

Engineered Diversity

The solution isn't to avoid AI. It's to engineer diversity into how you use it.

I've been experimenting with what I call the Expert Council - multiple AI personas, each representing a different thinker, perspective, or framework.

Not one voice. Many voices.

A skeptic. An optimist. A first-principles thinker. A customer advocate. A finance person asking uncomfortable questions about ROI.

When they disagree, that's when it gets interesting.

The Six Thinking Hats (Updated)

De Bono figured this out decades ago with his Six Thinking Hats. Force yourself to wear different hats: emotional, analytical, creative, critical, process-oriented, optimistic.

AI makes this practical at scale.

You can have Claude argue against your strategy from a competitor's perspective. Then defend it from a customer's perspective. Then poke holes in it from a finance perspective.

Same strategy. Radically different insights.

Why This Works

The goal isn't better answers. It's better decisions through structured disagreement.

Good decisions come from considering multiple perspectives. From stress-testing ideas. From finding the weaknesses before the market does.

When you only have one voice (yours, or a single AI), you miss things. Obvious things that someone else would catch instantly.

Building Your Council

Start simple. Pick three thinkers you respect with different worldviews - maybe a strategist, a skeptic, and a creative.

Ask them all the same question about a decision you're facing this week. See where they agree and disagree. The disagreements are the gold.

If everyone agrees, you're not thinking hard enough. Try the Expert Council to see this in action.