Unconscious Bias

Unconscious Bias

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To foster a collaborative and respectful work environment, Kim Scott emphasizes the importance of respecting colleagues as individuals, even if you disagree with their opinions, ultimately creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.
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Negative stereotypes, whether conscious or unconscious, harm individuals by fostering feelings of exclusion that can diminish their concentration, authenticity, and overall performance at work, as noted by Columbia University psychologist Valerie Purdie-Vaughns Greenaway.
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In this expert class, Kaufman explores how gendered expectations, such as boys not crying and girls playing with dolls, persist into adulthood and offers strategies for advocating for gender equality by reevaluating these societal norms.
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Professor Valerie Purdie Greenaway highlights that while overt discrimination receives attention, subtle, unintentional biases can be equally or more harmful, yet everyone has the ability to recognize and address these biases.
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Cultivating diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace is complex due to individual identities and biases, but inclusion specialist Ruchika Malhotra emphasizes that those in power should leverage their privilege to create opportunities for underestimated groups, while all employees can foster a more inclusive culture.
An open magazine reveals a woman wearing a hijab and headphones on one page, with de-bias technology illustrations mapping the faces of three individuals on the opposite page.
By designing smart systems, we can help ourselves live up to our best intentions — and perform even better in our workplaces.
In a split image, Taleb's surgeon stands confidently alongside two diverse medical professionals: a woman in a hijab and a woman with glasses, each wearing stethoscopes.
The truly talented are those who got to where they are despite preconceived expectations.
Neuroscience of rivalry: Fans of England experience intense celebration after their win over Switzerland.
For better teamwork, take a lesson from research into soccer fans who put aside their tribalism.
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Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking - and how we can stop that from happening.
Unlikely Collaborators
6mins
Economist Tyler Cowen explains why intelligence is overrated. Here’s what to look for instead.
boys
Education has a global bias against boys.
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
workplace inclusion
6mins
An inclusion expert explains why women of color are held back.
youth
Today’s young people are intelligent and kind, but they are overworked and burned out.
John Templeton Foundation
naive realism
We tend to assume our view of the world is objective and accurate rather than subjective and biased — which is what it really is.
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There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.
John Templeton Foundation
inclusion in the workplace
Learning and development leaders can play a key role in fostering inclusion in the workplace, improving creativity and innovation in the process.
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Implicit bias may be outside your conscious control, but that doesn’t mean change is.
implicit bias training
There's still hope for implicit bias training, research shows.
diversity training
Diversity training is easy to get wrong. Here's how to build an effective program.