Diversity: The Corporate Superpower We Never Saw Coming
Col. John Boggs, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)
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It all started with a simple hiring initiative.
In the year 2035, the?U.S. Government—finally realizing that diversity wasn’t just a “nice-to-have” but an?actual superpower—issued a bold directive:?“Every federal agency must be staffed like the Avengers.”
And that’s when everything changed.
How the Federal Government Became an Unstoppable Powerhouse
It turned out that?having a wildly diverse team made agencies freakishly good at their jobs.
Before, agencies were slow, bureaucratic, and prone to accidentally deleting important documents. But now? Now, thanks to a wildly inclusive workforce, they were solving problems so fast that the private sector had to?file complaintsabout “unfair efficiency.”
Take the Department of Energy, for example. After hiring?actual rocket scientists from eight different countries, they?accidentally?discovered a?zero-emissions energy source powered by salsa music and community storytelling.?Now, America runs on pure rhythm and vibes.
At the Department of Defense, a newly formed?conflict resolution team—comprising a former Navy SEAL, a Buddhist monk, a kindergarten teacher, and a retired Italian grandmother—completely?eliminated workplace disputesin under six months. Their secret? Every heated argument was resolved with either a?tea ceremony or a homemade lasagna.
And over at the IRS? A?former comedian, a math prodigy, and an ex-bartender from New Orleans?joined forces to make filing taxes so easy that?people actually look forward to April 15th.?(The new process is so smooth it ends with a digital high-five and an inspirational haiku about financial responsibility.)
Diversity Is Now a Classified National Security Asset
The U.S. intelligence community quickly realized that?having a diverse team meant outthinking every opponent on the planet.
For decades, national security strategy had been shaped by?three guys named Greg from the same Ivy League school.?But once the CIA started hiring?linguists, gamers, improv actors, and K-pop fans,?their ability to predict global events skyrocketed.
Case in point: The great?Swiss Cheese Scandal of 2036—a bizarre yet crucial international trade dispute—was predicted?six months in advance?by a team member who happened to be a former cheese monger from Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, the?NSA’s cybersecurity division?is now staffed entirely with former teenagers who?grew up hacking their school Wi-Fi to play Fortnite.?Not only did they?secure America’s digital borders, but they also?turned the entire nuclear arsenal into a Minecraft server just to prove they could.
Private Companies Scramble to Keep Up
Once the federal government?became so effective that it started running like a well-oiled jazz ensemble, the private sector realized?they were in serious trouble.
Outdated companies—the ones that still?thought diversity was just about posting a photo of “Happy Employees” on LinkedIn—quickly fell apart.
CEOs of old-school corporations were horrified to find that their competitors had?teams so diverse they were practically superhuman.
Take?Amazon’s R&D division, which became so advanced that their diverse team of?software engineers, pastry chefs, and underground graffiti artists?developed a?teleportation system?purely by accident. (It was meant to be a new form of Prime delivery, but now Jeff Bezos just casually appears in people’s living rooms to personally drop off their packages.)
Or?Tesla, which—after hiring an?indigenous environmentalist, a NASA engineer, and a retired pirate (yes, an actual pirate)—designed a spaceship so fast that it made intergalactic trade deals?before aliens even realized Earth had a space program.
The Last Company That Refused to Diversify (RIP)
One stubborn old-school company—whose CEO’s last name rhymed with “Glooper”—flatly refused?to embrace diversity.
“Meritocracy!” they cried, insisting that hiring the same five people over and over again would eventually work.
It did not.
While diverse companies were?thriving, this company became?so outdated that employees had to send emails by carrier pigeon.?Their stock?plummeted so fast?that historians later classified it as “The First Business to Become a Fossil in Real Time.”
What’s Next? Global Domination (in the Nicest Way Possible)
At this point, America’s?diverse workforce?has made it so successful that?other countries are begging for advice.
The?United Nations just passed a resolution?declaring the U.S. workforce an?“international treasure.”
And last Tuesday, the?United Federation of Planets officially invited Earth to join.
That’s right:?we’re now part of Starfleet, folks.
So, if you ever hear someone complain that?“diversity initiatives have gone too far”, just remind them:
Welcome to the future.?Diversity won.
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