I realized that this word, which literally means “exclusion of foreigners and foreign things,” can be substituted with other ...

But conformity also carries with it the power to make human beings ignore their own consciences, sometimes to the point of committing atrocities. The book points to Stanley Milgram’s infamous ...

You’re hiring for conformity. You’re missing out on innovative thinking. You’re not seizing the opportunity to lead in the age of personalization.

Conformity to the social conventions is essential. But to pull away from present practice can feel like a strike against the very conformity that has been an essential basis of our work.