Different

An uncomfortable truth of diversity (of gender, background, skills, thought) is that diverse means different.  And different, sorry to say, is not naturally easy for humans. 

Humans default to making life as easy as possible. We use biases, heuristics and shortcuts to lighten the cognitive load on our already maxed out brains. 

Be cognisant of the resulting difficulties of diversity.  This does not mean ‘don’t do it’, it means: provide support to those who are the recipients of diversity. 

Know that there are members of the culturally similar team who may not be ready for the difficulties responding to difference.