The poorly-understood process of optimizing a corporate culture so that people of widely differing backgrounds and value systems can collaborate effectively to enhance the corporation. Because it is believed that all employees are intrinsically open-minded and inquisitive, and that "diversity" is therefore as obvious as the sun rises, the corporation usually attempts to create "diversity" by a combination of cliched exhortations, occasional "diversity initiatives" and the casting of magic spells in the HR suite.