Opportunities at the CIA

Black Collegian, Feb 2008

TBC: Why is diversity a top priority for you and how do you communicate this priority with your directorate?

BROMLEY Ultimately, we want to be the best there is at what we do for policymakers. We're not going to be the best there is if we don't incorporate diversity of thought and ideas at the analytic level and at the management level. We must avoid the perception of groupthink. The global issues and situations we face are complex and we need to make sure that we are thinking about them in a sophisticated way, one that incorporates lots of different ideas and lots of different approaches. The way to do that is to constantly grow and evolve and take advantage of all the ideas that our employees can bring to the table. Our country's security is dependent upon us doing nothing less.